New Delhi: Asif Qureshi (42), a cousin of Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi, was stabbed to death outside his house in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area late on Thursday evening. Two teenagers have been arrested in this connection.
According to relatives, the incident was sparked by an altercation over the parking of a scooter outside Qureshi’s residence. He was assaulted when he objected to this.
“It happened around 11 pm in Jangpura Bhogal Lane, where Qureshi lived with his family. A heated argument broke out between him and a group of men over the parking of a two-wheeler in front of the main gate of his house. The dispute quickly escalated, and the youths attacked him,” a relative said.
Qureshi was rushed to hospital in a critical condition where he was declared dead on arrival.
His wife Sainaz told the police that this was a long-standing dispute. There had been trouble with the neighbour involved in the past as well. It had to do with the parking of the two-wheeler in front of their gate.
On Thursday night, Qureshi had just returned from work when he noticed the vehicle blocking access to his home yet again. He asked the neighbors to move it. Instead of complying, they allegedly began hurling verbal abuse, and then launched a violent assault.
“It was over something so small… so senseless. They just attacked him like animals,” the relative said.
“A man named Asif Qureshi was murdered on 07/8/25 at around 10.30 pm following an altercation with the accused over the issue of parking of a scooter belonging to the accused. During the altercation, one of the accused attacked the victim with a sharp pointed object (poker) on the chest, which resulted in the death of the victim. An FIR No. 233/25 U/s 103(1)/3(5) BNS has been registered on 08.08.25. The accused have been identified as Ujjwal, aged 19 years, and Gautam, aged 18 years. Both the accused have been apprehended. Further investigation into this matter is underway,” a police statement said.
