New Delhi, May 28 -- The Crime Branch on Thursday said that they have arrested the key accused in the brutal stabbing of a 21-year-old.

The accused have been identified as Himanshu Tiwari (19), a resident of Baljeet Nagar, Patel Nagar. He was arrested near the West Side Mall, Rajouri Garden along with a juvenile accomplice late on May 25-26 night.

Earlier, on the intervening night of May 14-15, the victim, identified as Sagar was stabbed repeatedly by the accused due to a previous rivalry.

After commiting the crime, the accused fled to Rajasthan to evade arrest, but returned to Delhi to collect money and meet an associate. Acting on specific intelligence, a Crime Branch team laid a trap and caught them.

Himanshu, who studied up to sch...