India, Jan. 29 -- New Delhi

A group of four to five teenagers stabbed to death a 21-year-old man in an altercation, purportedly over sharing a matchstick to light a beedi, at a slum cluster in Vasant Kunj on Tuesday night, police said. The suspects have been booked for murder at the Vasant Kunj North police station and teams have been deployed to track them, police said.

The police identified the victim as Karan, who was stabbed in the neck and declared dead on arrival at a private hospital. Police said they received information about the stabbing at JJ Bandhu Camp around 11.40pm.

"During the enquiry, it was revealed that Karan had a verbal spat with the alleged persons 'over passing a matchstick to light a beedi', which escalated and ...