Overview
- Rajender Kumar, 40, was fatally stabbed outside his paan shop in West Patel Nagar and was declared dead at RML Hospital.
- Police said the main accused, Md Mehtab alias Raja, 19, opened fire when ordered to surrender under Shadipur Flyover and was shot in the right leg before being arrested.
- Five juveniles from Farid Puri were subsequently apprehended, with police describing the group as school dropouts linked to theft and robbery.
- Two knives believed to have been used in the killing, a country-made pistol with cartridges, and clothing from the incident were recovered.
- An FIR for the homicide was filed under sections 103(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, with a separate BNS and Arms Act case for the firearm incident, and one agency report noted an uncorroborated alternate motive.