Jammu, May 02: A man was stabbed to death while saving another person who came under attack by car-borne youths in Kathua district, the police said today.
Abhishek Sharma, Honey Khajuria and another person Pankaj Sharma have been arrested, SSP Kathua, Sridhar Patil said.
According to a complaint filed by Nishant Kouser at Billawar police station, the duo stabbed her brother, Liyaqat Ali, with a sharp-edged weapon at Dher village last night and fled the spot.
The victim was around 23 to 34 years of age, the police said.
“Two to three youths came in a Swift Dezire car. They had planned to attack Abid over some personal rivalry. But Liyaqat intervened to save Abid’s life. In the melee, he (Liyaqat) was stabbed by the accused,” Patil said.
Liyaqat succumbed to injuries during treatment, he said.
Special teams headed by Inspector Amit Sangra raided different locations and arrested the accused near Sukrala area here, the officer said.
Police also said the incident “does not have any communal angle, and seems to have been provoked by some old rivalry and is not a hate crime.”
Police have asked people not to pay heed to rumours “spread by mischief-mongers, who are giving communal angle to the case.”
