Huma Qureshi’s cousin killed: The Delhi Police informed ANI that Asif Qureshi, aged 42 years, was murdered on August 7 in the late hours of the night in Church Lane, Bhogal. He was reportedly involved in an altercation with the accused over the issue of parking a scooter. During the altercation, one of the accused attacked Qureshi with a sharp pointed object (poker) on the chest, as revealed in the agency report. 

Following this incident, an FIR was registered under Sections 103 (1)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) today, August 8. The PTI released a video that reportedly caught the incident on a surveillance camera installed nearby. Three-four men can be seen outnumbering a person and thrashing him.

Trigger Warning: violence

The accused were identified as Ujjwal, aged 19 years, and Gautam, aged 18 years. Both were apprehended by the Delhi Police and an investigation into this matter is underway.

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Eyewitness accounts

Wife of deceased Asif Qureshi spoke to IANS and said that the act was deliberate and he was “conspiratorially killed”. Describing the incident, a relative explained that Qureshi tried to move a parked scooter. Seeing this, hunky men, she gestured, came on to Qureshi and hit him with a sharp iron object. “As soon he was hit, he fell and started bleeding,” reported IANS. The attackers reportedly entered their house with boulders, the relative revealed.

Another eyewitness account revealed similar details, but the quest for Asif Qureshi’s murder weapon continues. He, too, seemed confused about what he was attacked with. His brother was rushed from Nizamuddin in Delhi who took nearly 20 minutes to arrive.

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