Pickpockets stab man in cluster bus

NEW DELHI: A 45-year-old man was stabbed by a gang of pickpockets inside a bus in east Delhi when he tried to inform the police about their activities. He suffered deep injuries on his face and chest.

The main accused was arrested and it was found that he was also involved in other major burglaries in the area.

“The accused was identified as Prem, a local criminal,” said DCP Ajay Kumar.

The victim, Vimal Jain works as a share trading agent and stays in Mohan Nagar area of Ghaziabad. He had boarded a cluster bus from Anand Vihar, heading towards Laxmi Nagar, when he saw three men acting suspiciously. He first ignored them but when he saw one of them carrying a knife, he went up to the conductor and asked him to stop the vehicle near a police post. The men overheard this and attacked him. In his statement, Vimal said that the man who short and well built had a problem in one eye.

“One of them suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed me on my chest. They also hit me on the eye and pulled me to the rear seat and hit me a few more times,” said Vimal. He said that he tried to push the man away from him but he kept stabbing him on different parts of the body.

Vimal said that he had called out for help from the other passenger but the two other associates of the man threatened them.

As soon as the bus stopped at a traffic signal near Mandawali, the men got off and fled, Vimal said. Vimal was unconscious by then.