Ludhiana, Feb. 9 -- A week after being brutally assaulted by a group of at least 24 men, a 19-year-old delivery boy succumbed to his injuries on Sunday after battling for life for seven days, prompting the Haibowal police to add murder charges to the case.

The victim, Shubham Nayak, a resident of Rajouri Garden, was attacked in the Jassian Road area on February 1 for allegedly opposing the harassment of his friend's sister, the police said. Following his death, Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been invoked in the FIR, a police official said.

According to the police, the incident occurred when Shubham was riding his motorcycle near his house. Nearly two dozen youths, allegedly armed with swords and daggers, i...