India, Nov. 12 -- KANPUR A boy was stabbed to death barely 50 steps from a police post in Fazalganj, with CCTV footage capturing the brutal murder and the teenager's desperate struggle for life for nearly 20 minutes late on Tuesday night.

Harshit Ahurwar, 15, who worked at a clothes shop, was attacked in the middle of the road near his home in Darshanpurwa around 11 pm on Tuesday, the police said.

His father, Mahesh Kumar, alleged that Harshit got into an argument with three neighbourhood youths, Akshat, Raje and Manku, who were drinking by the roadside. The trio allegedly rained kicks and punches on him before chasing him down when he ran screaming for help. They then stabbed him in the chest and fled.

Harshit reportedly lay bleeding ...