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Man intervenes in Holi hooliganism in New Delhi, gets stabbed 50 times

A man in Delhi was allegedly stabbed and beaten up with rods by a group of bikers. The incident took place in Delhi’s Khanpur area on Thursday.

The victim idetified as Ashish, a man in mid-twenties was stabbed more than 50 times while he was on his way back home from the gym. He was travelling on his scooter. The feud started over throwing of water balloons on the occasion of Holi. Two of the bikers were beating up a boy who threw water balloons on them. Ashish who went to rescue the boy was later on attacked by these bikers and their fellow biker friends.

The footage shows Ashish, in a black shirt, being stopped by two men and within minutes, ten more bikes, one after the other, with two men on each zipped in and surrounded Ashish.

For the next few minutes horror unfolded, as the men stabbed Ashish repeatedly and beat him with rods. No one in the neighbourhood stepped out to stop the act. The CCTV footage shows the men fleeing with rods and knives in their hands, as Ashish fell on the road.

Ashish was taken to a hospital by locals only after the attackers left. Ashish is in a critical care unit, with not less than 50 knife wounds, say doctors. On Thursday, the Delhi Police made elaborate security arrangements to prevent any untoward incident during Holi celebration and deployed adequate number of personnel to maintain law and order, and prevent violation of traffic rules.

Strict action will be ensured against hooliganism, eve teasing and traffic violations like drunken driving, Special Commissioner of Police and chief spokesperson of Delhi Police, Dependra Pathak, had said.

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