New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI) A 21-year-old man was stabbed to death by two persons in west Delhi's Nangloi area while he was sitting in an e-rickshaw, police said on Thursday.

The incident occurred Wednesday night when Anash was sitting in his cousin Naim's e-rickshaw and two men, Sameer Qureshi and Sameer Ansari, walked up to them and started quarrelling over who would ride the e-rickshaw.

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As the argument escalated, the duo caught hold of Anash and Qureshi stabbed him, before fleeing away, the police said.

Naim took his injured cousin to a hospital in Mangolpuri, where he was declared brought dead, a senior police officer said.

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A case was registered and the duo were apprehended on Thursday, the police said.

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