NEW DELHI: Four days after a woman’s body riddled with stab wounds was found in northwest Delhi’s Shakur Basti, police have arrested a 21-year-old man for the murder.
The man has claimed that he was friends with the woman earlier, but she had started avoiding him of late. He called her to an isolated area on the pretext of a last meeting and stabbed her around 50 times.
A police officer said the body was found lying near railway tracks in Shakur Basti at 1.30 pm on Jan 25. After reviewing 100 hours of footage and conducting a thorough investigation, police identified the suspect. He was apprehended and confessed to the crime. The accused was identified as Pandav Kumar (21), a resident of Budh Vihar. He works as a labourer. “Kumar was nabbed from Budh Vihar. He was planning to escape his rented accommodation,” the officer said.
DCP (Outer) Jimmy Chiram said that during interrogation, Kumar claimed that he had been friends with the woman for the past one year and a half. He met her in his native village in Bihar as her elder sister was married there. “During the last few months, he suspected that the victim was having multiple affairs and was ignoring him. Hence, he decided to kill her,” the officer added.
Kumar had purchased two knives from a local vendor at Rani Bagh Market to execute his plan. On Jan 24, he called the woman at Budh Vihar Nala and told her to live together in a rented accommodation. After she denied, he took her to an isolated railway yard and stabbed her to death. A cop said that there was no part of the body which didn’t have a stab or slash mark. Her eyes were gouged out as well.
The man has claimed that he was friends with the woman earlier, but she had started avoiding him of late. He called her to an isolated area on the pretext of a last meeting and stabbed her around 50 times.
A police officer said the body was found lying near railway tracks in Shakur Basti at 1.30 pm on Jan 25. After reviewing 100 hours of footage and conducting a thorough investigation, police identified the suspect. He was apprehended and confessed to the crime. The accused was identified as Pandav Kumar (21), a resident of Budh Vihar. He works as a labourer. “Kumar was nabbed from Budh Vihar. He was planning to escape his rented accommodation,” the officer said.
DCP (Outer) Jimmy Chiram said that during interrogation, Kumar claimed that he had been friends with the woman for the past one year and a half. He met her in his native village in Bihar as her elder sister was married there. “During the last few months, he suspected that the victim was having multiple affairs and was ignoring him. Hence, he decided to kill her,” the officer added.
Kumar had purchased two knives from a local vendor at Rani Bagh Market to execute his plan. On Jan 24, he called the woman at Budh Vihar Nala and told her to live together in a rented accommodation. After she denied, he took her to an isolated railway yard and stabbed her to death. A cop said that there was no part of the body which didn’t have a stab or slash mark. Her eyes were gouged out as well.
