New delhi, June 9 -- A 27-year-old man allegedly stabbed his co-worker to death with a pair of scissors during a drunken altercation inside a garment factory in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused, identified as Arwaz, a resident of Sangam Vihar in south Delhi, was nabbed from the Uttam Nagar area. The weapon of offence and blood-stained clothes allegedly worn during the crime have been recovered, they said.
On June 5, police received information regarding the admission of an injured man at Dr Hedgewar Hospital. The victim, identified as Krishan Kumar, had suffered stab injuries.
Police reached the hospital but found the injured unable to explain the circumstances of the attack or identify the assailant. He later left the hospital without informing medical staff and declined to pursue legal action when contacted by police, officials said. The next day, police received information from GTB Hospital that Krishan Kumar had succumbed to injuries, prompting police to launch a probe into the matter. Investigators found that the victim worked at a garment factory in Raghuwarpura-II, Gandhi Nagar. Following this, statements of the factory owner and workers were recorded.
Police said eyewitnesses revealed that a group of workers had been consuming liquor inside the factory on the night of June 4 when an argument broke out. During the altercation, Arwaz allegedly attacked another worker, identified as Tiger, and stabbed Krishan Kumar with a pair of scissors before fleeing the spot.
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