Archive · 22 Dec 2025
Barcode on beer bottle aids Delhi police in arresting three
In Delhi, a man was hurt badly when three men hit him with a broken beer bottle.
The police found a barcode on the bottle and used it to catch the three men.
The men said they got into a fight because the victim wouldn't give them a matchbox.
One of the men has been in trouble with the police many times before.
The police are still looking into what happened.
A barcode on a broken beer bottle helped Delhi police arrest three suspects in an attempted murder case.
The incident occurred on December 15 at Ajmal Khan Park in Karol Bagh, New Delhi.
The complainant and his friends were making social media reels when the accused allegedly misbehaved and assaulted him.
One of the accused allegedly broke a beer bottle and hit the complainant on the head with a piece of sharp glass.
The police traced the source of the bottle by scanning the barcode and identified the suspects through CCTV footage.
- Who
- Three accused: Hammad alias Rizwan, Kamran alias Sarim, Farzan; and an unnamed complainant
- What
- Attempted murder case involving an assault with a broken beer bottle
- When
- December 15, 2023
- Where
- Ajmal Khan Park, Karol Bagh, New Delhi
- Why
- The accused allegedly assaulted the complainant after he objected to their misbehavior
- Date of Incident
- December 15
- Location
- Ajmal Khan Park, Karol Bagh, New Delhi
- Accused
- Hammad alias Rizwan (22), Kamran alias Sarim (24), Farzan (24)
- Victim
- Unnamed complainant
- Charges Filed
- Sections 109(1) (attempted murder) and 3(5) (common intent) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Key Evidence
- Barcode on a broken beer bottle
- Police Action
- Special team formed, technical surveillance, and ground-level inquiries
