Fuelled by old enmity, a 26-year-old youth was stabbed to death by two miscreants outside Central Jail premises at Gandhi Nagar under Gandhi Nagar police station area on Saturday.
The deceased, identified as Raja Khan, was stabbed multiple times with a sharp- edged weapon by the two accused identified as Salman and Waseem.
The injured youth was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead. The deceased was a resident of Ashoka Garden.
Police were informed and a police team reached the spot and after preliminary investigation, the body was sent for the post-mortem.
In the initial investigation, profuse bleeding was found due to multiple stabbing.
During the investigation, police found that on Friday Raja had a fight with the two and later in the morning on Saturday, Raja had gone to meet Gufran who is serving jail term. The two accused had also gone to meet their acquaintance serving jail. When the two found him, they attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon and escaped from the spot.
The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The deceased and the accused had fought earlier too but the reason of the fight remained unknown and would be investigated.
Till the filing of the report, the police were not able to trace the killers. Police said that the search for the miscreants has been intensified.
