Two arrested in connection with DU student's murder

Nikhil Chauhan, a student of Delhi University's School of Open Learning, was allegedly stabbed to death on Sunday outside Aryabhatta College in the South Campus. Two accused are arrested in this case, read here for more details.

Two accused have been arrested in connection with the murder of a first-year student at Delhi University.

A 19-year-old college student and his friend have been arrested in connection with the killing of a first-year student of Delhi University, said the police, as reported by Free Press Journal.

Nikhil Chauhan, the first-year student of the university's School of Open Learning, was allegedly stabbed to death on Sunday outside Aryabhatta College in the South Campus after he objected to his girlfriend being harassed by another student. The deceased student was pursuing BA (Hons) in Political Science and was a resident of Paschim Vihar.

The accused is identified as Rahul, a first-year college student and a resident of Delhi's Bindapur area, and his friend Haroon (19), a resident of Janakpuri who worked at a T-shirt factory in the Nilothi area here, police said. Rahul's father runs a small shop in Bindapur.

DU's student murder details

As per the sources, on June 11, Rahul, Yash and Raj Singh were present with a girl in the canteen of Aryabhatta College. A student Bunty passed a comment on them, following which a scuffle broke out. In the meantime, the victim Nikhil came there with his girlfriend and tried to intervene, but one of them slapped his girlfriend. Later, the matter was sorted out. However, on Sunday, the alleged accused stabbed Nikhil when he came to attend the class.

Nikhil received one stab injury in his chest and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead, police said. The family of the victim is saying that he was killed after planning.

The police are investigating the matter and verifying the facts.

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