Four juveniles held for killing man in Delhi bus (Lead)

New Delhi Nov 24 (IANS) Four juveniles have been arrested on the charge of murdering a young man in a moving Delhi bus after a row over a missing mobile phone police said on Friday.

Mohammed Anas 25 of Muradabad in Uttar Pradesh had on Thursday afternoon boarded a bus at Lajpat Nagar that was moving towards the Badarpur border when the accused snatched his mobile phone.

"The accused aged between 13 and 16 and students of Class 8 and 10 at a government school of south Delhi boarded the bus at Ashram Chowk and snatched Anas mobile phone " Deputy Commissioner of Police Romil Baaniya said.

"Following an altercation one of them slit his throat and escaped after threatening the bus driver " Baaniya said.

The teenagers were identified through local intelligence and technical surveillance and arrested from south Delhi s Badarpur and Ali Vihar near Sarita Vihar.

Five police teams scanned over 15 government schools located between Lajpat Nagar and Mathura Road and zeroed in on the accused " Baaniya told IANS.

The mobile phone has been recovered from the accused the officer said. One of the accused is still absconding.

--IANS
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