Mohali, March 3 -- Two days after a 24-year-old man was stabbed to death by a group of men in Zirakpur, the accused remain out of police grasp despite being identified.

Police have booked eight individuals in the case and are conducting raids at various locations that could be their possible hideouts, including Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, to apprehend them.

The victim, identified as Rahul Bansal from Gidderbaha, Punjab, was residing in a residential society in Zirakpur.

On February 28, around 11.15 pm, Bansal went out to have pizza with his two flatmates, Goldy, who also hails from Gidderbaha, and Rahul Charaya, a resident of Muktsar Sahib.

According to Goldy's statement to police, when they reached VIP Road, they saw six to seven men a...