Man held for killing law student

New Delhi Nov 15 (IANS) A young man has been arrested on the charge of killing a law student in north Delhi last week police said on Wednesday.

Police said accused Gaurav Chaudhary of Burari was arrested on Tuesday evening from a park in that area.

Gaurav 23 had allegedly killed Ashish Bhardwaj 24 a Final Year law student on November 9 when the latter along with his two friends was walking down the Nala Road in Burari.

"Gaurav told police during questioning that he was returning home on a motorcycle on that day when he brawled with Ashish and his friends. He said he fired at Ashish when he and his friends tried to overpower him " Deputy Commissioner of Police Rishi Pal said.

Ashish lived with his relatives in Gurugram and was a student of a law college there and had come to meet his friends Anup and Himanshu in Burari when he was murdered.

--IANS
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