India, Oct. 21 -- Six people, including two minors, have been held for allegedly stabbing a 20-year-old man to death following a scuffle over smoking at a park in northeast Delhi's Seelampur on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday.

Deputy commissioner of police (north east) Rahul Alwal said the victim, Subhan, was smoking with his friend Mohsin at Central Park around 9pm when a group of five to six boys raised objections, leading to an altercation. The group allegedly attacked Subhan with a knife before fleeing the spot, the police said, adding that Mohsin rushed the injured man to Jag Pravesh Chandra (JPC) Hospital.

Police received information from the hospital at around 10.48pm about Subhan's admission with stab injuries. He was in...