Overview
- Morning walkers found 23-year-old cab driver Nitesh Khatri fatally stabbed in Machhli Park, Kishangarh, on October 27, and police identified him by unlocking his phone with facial recognition.
- Investigators apprehended Mohit Mehlawat, 23, and Lucky, 23, roughly two hours after the case was reported, tracing movements through CCTV and local sources.
- Police say the suspects confessed to luring Khatri via Instagram and stabbing him over a long-standing rivalry.
- Officers recovered two knives, blood-stained clothes, a laptop belonging to one accused, and the victim’s mobile phone.
- Authorities registered a murder case under BNS Section 103(1), noting Mehlawat’s prior attempted-murder cases, as further legal steps proceed.