Man killed outside court in Surat

A 27-year-old man, accused in a murder case, was stabbed to death by two bike-borne assailants outside the Surat district court on Friday.

The victim, Suraj Yadav, a resident of Umra area in Surat, was out on bail. He was on his way to the court on a motorbike with a friend for a hearing in the murder case when the two youth stopped them and stabbed Suraj 15 times with knives, killing him on the spot. The duo managed to escape from the spot, police said.