The Haryana Railway Police on Saturday arrested the main accused in the murder of teenager Junaid Khan, who was stabbed in a local train on Delhi-Mathura route last month. The police claimed that the accused has confessed to having stabbed Junaid and injured his two brothers.
The man was arrested from Dhule district in Maharashtra and will be produced at a local court in Faridabad on July 9, said a press statement issued by the Haryana Railway Police. The identity of the accused has not been revealed in view of the legal procedure.
Junaid was on his way back home from Delhi in a local train along with his brother Hasib and two friends on June 22 when some men entered into an altercation with him over sharing of seats. The scuffle turned violent when one of the passengers attacked him and his two brothers with a knife. Junaid, 16, was later declared brought dead at a civil hospital in Palwal.
Reward for information
Five persons, including four from Khambi village in Palwal, have been arrested in this case so far. The police claim that one of the accused — Rameshwar Sharma (55), a Municipal Corporation of Delhi employee — had started an argument with Junaid and his friends at Okhla railway station. But the prime accused arrested on Saturday is not related to the five accused arrested earlier.
The police had also declared a reward of ₹2 lakh for anyone providing information leading to the arrest of the prime accused in the case.
