New Delhi: A 26-year-old volleyball player was stabbed to death by a group of five-six unidentified persons here, police said on Friday.

The deceased, identified as Rohit Khapra, a resident of Moti Bagh in South Delhi, along with his friend, Vivek Negi, had gone to meet his aunt on a bike in Rohini Sector-16 area on Thursday night, police said. The incident took place around 11.30 p.m. when Rohit and Vivek indulged in a brawl with five to six unidentified persons, who were consuming alcohol.