Editor Mr.Mayank Rawat ( Chief Editor Mr. Rohit Mishra )
NEW DELHI: A 31-year-old man was murdered by his three friends, who suspected him of passing information to the police. The incident occurred in Northwest Delhi’s Alipur.
According to the police, two of the accused were apprehended recently, leading them to believe that Chandan was the informant. They lured him to an isolated spot, got drunk, and then killed him, dumping his body under a construction pump house.
The police arrested the three accused, identified as Suraj (24), Ankit (20), and Abhishek (22), who lived in Swaroop Nagar.
Police received information about the incident at 12.39 pm on March 23. “We received information about Chandan Rai’s disappearance from his brother Sanju,” police said. CCTVs near the missing person’s home were scrutinised, but no fruitful information could be retrieved.
On Wednesday, Chandan’s wife, Suman, arrived at the Swaroop Nagar police station and suspected that her husband might have been kidnapped by his friends, who were also their neighbours, Suraj, Ankit, and Abhishek. A case was registered, and the trio was detained.
“We obtained CCTV footage showing the three accused and Chandan together,” police said. “When we questioned them, they claimed that Chandan left for Mangolpuri to meet someone after drinking.” However, after thorough interrogation, they broke down and confessed to the murder.
On the night of March 23, the four partied together at an under-construction pump house near Village Mukhmailpur. After getting drunk, the three suspects killed Chandan by thrashing him and dumped his body in the pump house, covering it with bricks to conceal it.
“Suraj was caught twice by the police, once for carrying a knife and again during preventive action, while Ankit was caught under preventive detention,” police said. “They suspected that Chandan was passing information, so they hatched a plan to kill him.”
Following the accused’s disclosures, the police recovered Chandan’s body from the construction site.
Mayank Rawat
