Group of minors kills 2 people in rampage during birthday revelry

A teenager's birthday celebration on the streets of east Delhi turned into a delinquent rampage on Wednesday night as five minors allegedly murdered two men in separate incidents at two locations almost 4km apart over a span of 90 minutes one for stopping them from drinking in public, and the other for resisting theft.

- Jignasa Sinha

The victims, an egg seller and a graphic design company worker, fell prey to what has been a recurring problem in the Capital: heinous crimes committed by juveniles.

The Delhi Police said its apprehended all five accused, aged between 14 and 17 years.

According to police officers aware of the matter, the night of revelry began at around 10.30pm with alcohol being passed around between the underage boys at the Ghazipur paper market which was all but empty at the time - not far from where they live. It was here that Ramesh Dataram, who operated an egg cart in the market, objected to the boys drinking in public and got into an alteration with them.

As the argument got heated, the boys, who were carrying a knife, allegedly stabbed the 49-year-old to death.

Police said the boys left his body in the market, and continued their street party unperturbed drinking as they walked in the direction of New Ashok Nagar.