A 50-year-old tailor was stabbed to death during an altercation with a group of juveniles after he asked them not to shout and play loud music on New Year's Day in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar, police said on Friday (January 2, 2026).
A juvenile has been apprehended in connection with the killing, while efforts are underway to trace another accused, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Bihari Lal, who worked as a tailor in the Shastri Nagar area, they said. The incident took place on January 1.
According to a police source, the altercation broke out when Lal objected to the group shouting and playing loud music.
"This led to a heated exchange, during which one of the juveniles, a class 9 dropout, stabbed Lal in a fit of rage. An accomplice, identified as Arun, assaulted the victim by kicking him during the scuffle," a senior police officer said.
