India, Oct. 29 -- A 26-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death in east Delhi's Seemapuri late Monday after he confronted his 18-year-old neighbour for allegedly making lewd remarks at his wife, police said on Tuesday. Two men have been arrested in the case, even as the main accused and others involved are on the run.

Deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said the victim, who had several previous criminal cases registered against him, was a neighbour of the 18-year-old prime accused. The teenager, along with his maternal uncles and cousins, allegedly molested the victim's wife and then attacked the man when he tried to intervene.

Police received a call around midnight about a violent altercation in Seemapuri. "When...