Overview
- The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. in Maharashtra Nagar, Kokri Agar, under the jurisdiction of Antop Hill police.
- Vivek Gupta, a 22-year-old electrician, was attacked after intervening in a dispute over firecracker noise.
- The altercation began as a verbal argument but escalated when one of the accused returned with accomplices and weapons.
- Gupta sustained multiple stab wounds and was declared dead at Sion Hospital at around 3:30 a.m.
- Five individuals, including Karthik R. Mohan Devendra and his wife, have been arrested on charges including murder and unlawful assembly.