One held for stabbing youth on train, sent to police custody

Ballabhgarh, June 24 

A person has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teenager on a train in Haryana, the police said on Saturday.

Accused Ramesh, 35, was arrested from his native place Palwal in Haryana late Friday night on the charge of involvement in the murder of 16-year-old Junaid, a senior police officer told IANS. 

A local court later remanded Ramesh in three-day police custody.

“He is claiming he didn’t stab Junaid, and also not telling who all were with him during the crime on Thursday night.” The officer said three police teams had been formed to identify and arrest the remaining attackers who were part of the mob that attacked the four youths.

On Thursday night, Junaid and three others, Hasib, Shakir and Mohsin, were returning to their village on a Mathura-bound passenger train after shopping at Sadar Bazaar in Delhi. In his police complaint, Hasib said at least 15 to 20 persons boarded the train at the Okhla railway station and asked them to vacate seats for them. 

All four were thrashed all the way from Tughlakabad to the Ballabhgarh railway station. They were attacked with sharp-edged weapons and later thrown out of the train at the Asaoti railway station in Palwal district. 

Media reports earlier said the murderous attack followed rumours about beef eating by the four youths.

Junaid died in a hospital on Thursday night. His three friends were injured, two of them critically, and are under treatment at AIIMS trauma centre in Delhi.—IANS