CRIME: Police say auto-rickshaw driver killed passenger for 90 cents

An Indian man standing next to an auto rickshaw inspects train times listed outside the rail reservation centre in Jodhpur in this file photo. Ann Tornkvist/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) An auto-rickshaw driver here stabbed to death a passenger who accused him of trying to extort an additional fare of 50 rupees, or 90 cents, police said Wednesday.

The accused is on the run.

“Izahar was stabbed five times in the abdomen and chest by an auto-rickshaw driver in (west Delhi’s) Punjabi Bagh Monday,” Additional Commissioner of Police V. Renganathan told IANS.

Izahar, 25, and his friend Subhan Khan, both rubber factory workers, were travelling in the auto-rickshaw when the driver asked them to pay an additional 50 rupees fare, police said.

“When Izahar refused to give the money, the driver stabbed him,” said a police officer.





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