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Drunken friend kills youth with knife blows in Sonipat

According to Aaj Tak, a youth working in a dal factory in Livan village of Sonipat district, Haryana, was killed by his own friend.

By Capital Kranti desk, Gandhinagar · Editor: Parth Thakkar

11 November 2026, 3:11 pm · 3 min read

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Amid rising violent crimes in Sonipat, Haryana, a shocking incident has come to light in which a friend killed his associate by stabbing him multiple times following a dispute under the influence of alcohol. According to a report by Aaj Tak, this incident took place in Livan village of Sonipat district, where Karan Yadav, a resident of Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh, who worked in a dal factory, lost his life. Following this tragedy, an atmosphere of fear has gripped the entire area and serious questions have been raised regarding the law and order situation.

According to the information received, the deceased Karan Yadav and Rajkumar, a resident of Nepal, both worked together at the same dal factory in Livan village and shared a close friendship. However, on Wednesday, an argument broke out between them over some matter while under the influence of alcohol, which soon took a bloody turn. Reports state that Rajkumar, high on alcohol, provoked and indiscriminately attacked Karan Yadav with a sharp weapon, namely a knife. In this brutal attack, Karan Yadav was seriously injured and collapsed on the ground in a pool of blood.

After executing this murderous assault, the accused Rajkumar immediately fled from the spot. Following the incident, Karan's other colleagues and co-workers hurriedly rushed him to the civil hospital in Sonipat for treatment. However, upon reaching the hospital, doctors examined Karan Yadav and declared him dead. The sudden death of the youth has sent a wave of mourning among his family members and caused a stir among factory workers.

Upon being informed of the incident, a police team from Rai police station immediately rushed to the spot and launched a thorough investigation into the matter. The police have taken the deceased's body into their custody and sent it to the mortuary of the Sonipat civil hospital for post-mortem. The police are currently conducting an intensive search for the absconding accused Rajkumar and have set the wheels of investigation in motion to bring out the exact reasons behind this murder and other details. The police are seriously investigating this entire sequence of events from various angles so that the truth can come out.

It is noteworthy that within the last three days alone in Sonipat district, incidents of murder of five people have come to light, which has spread silence and terror across the entire area. In these various murder incidents that occurred over the last three days, people were mercilessly killed somewhere by stabbing with knives, somewhere by beating brutally, and somewhere by firing bullets. On Wednesday itself, two separate incidents of murder came to light in the district. After the second incident of murder came to light in a single day, questions are also being raised against the local police's functioning and their efforts to curb criminality. Such consecutive serious incidents have greatly increased the worries of the district administration.

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