India, June 25 -- New Delhi

Three boys, aged between 14 and 16, were apprehended for allegedly stabbing to death a 22-year-old man in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar in the early hours of Monday in a dispute over Rs.150, which the victim had reportedly forcibly taken from one of the boys, police said on Wednesday.

Deputy commissioner of police (west) Hareshwar V Swami said that around 12.30am on Monday, the Tilak Nagar police station received a call regarding the stabbing incident. A police team reached the scene and met the woman caller, who informed the personnel that her brother, identified by his single name as Paras, had been stabbed in his thigh and the rear portion of his body.

"The boys disclosed that around 40-45 days ago, Paras had ...