Meerut, Sept. 7 -- A 24-year-old youth was brutally stabbed to death during a Ganesh Visarjan procession in the Sardhana area of Meerut last night.
The deceased, Bobby Gautam, worked as a salesman at a clothing showroom and was a resident of Mohalla Takiyakait in Sardhana.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred around 10pm near the Gang Canal, where the immersion procession had reached after covering a distance of about 3 kilometers from Ramlila Maidan.
A group of 10-12 armed men allegedly entered the procession, opened fire, and created panic. Amid the chaos, the assailants targeted Bobby, repeatedly stabbing him with a knife before fleeing the scene. Bobby's friends rushed him to the hospital, but he was declared dead on arri...