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Delhi: One arrested, four juveniles held for killing man over expensive phone

According to the police, the incident occurred on October 20 while the victim identified as Noshad was on his way home.

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A 21-year-old man was arrested and four juveniles were apprehended for allegedly killing a man and robbing his phone in outer Delhi's Aman Vihar area, police said Tuesday. The accused persons killed him to get money for drugs.

According to the police, the incident occurred on October 20 while the victim identified as Noshad was on his way home. The police received a call that four unknown persons stabbed a man multiple times with a knife in Aman Vihar area and by the time the police reached the spot Noshad had been shifted to the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri where he was declared brought dead.

"The accused persons wanted to rob Noshad 's mobile phone so that they could procure drugs. The accused has been identified as Imran (21), a resident of Delhi's Begumpura area. The robbed mobile phone of the victim which was found broken in two pieces, knife and blood-stained clothes of the victim were recovered from them," said Seju P Kuruvilla, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Outer Delhi.

The police officials received information that one of the accused involved in the murder case would come to a park in Sultanpuri on Monday night. A trap was laid and one of the juveniles was apprehended. He told the police that he along with his three other associates had killed the person when he resisted to their attempt of robbing his mobile phone.

On the day of the incident all the accused were drunk and spotted Noshad with an expensive phone. "They tried to snatch his phone but when he objected they stabbed him multiple times. The accused confessed that they committed the crime so that they can satisfy their lust for drugs and alcohol," said Kuruvilla.

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