Bijnor : A 32-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death with an ice pick during a wedding ceremony in UP’s Bijnor on Tuesday evening following a dispute between guests and a group of men near a banquet hall. Two others were injured in the altercation, a video of which later surfaced on social media.
The victim was the son of Ashok Kumar, a sub-inspector with Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), who is currently posted in West Bengal, according to police. The victim, Ashwani Kumar, was the cousin of the groom, Akash Kashyap, and worked for a finance company. Incident took place at Bijnor’s Bakshiwala area. The wedding procession had arrived from Makhwada. Police added the victim’s body has been sent for a postmortem and efforts are underway to arrest the accused.
Those injured were identified as Lavkush (30) and Tejpal Singh (40).
It all started when a young man from the groom’s family went outside the banquet hall and got into an argument with some men who were drinking alcohol while seated inside an e-rickshaw, according to preliminary investigation. ASP (city) Krishna Gopal Singh said, “A dispute between Ashwani and e-rickshaw driver Ravi escalated into a physical altercation, resulting in his death. The men allegedly assaulted him. Ashwani suffered critical injuries and doctors later declared him dead. Ashwani is survived by his wife and two children. Legal action will be taken on the basis of a complaint from the victim’s family.”