New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Delhi police on Tuesday solved a murder case in which four youths allegedly stabbed a 22-year-old to death and fled in their vehicle. Three accused, identified as Piyush Pandey, Rachit Rajput and Raghav Mittal, have been arrested so far. The vehicle has also been seized.
On Monday, at about 8:00 pm, the staff of PS KNK Marg spotted an unconscious injured person lying alongside the road in Sector-16, Rohini, with some injuries on the body. The matter was reported to the police station. In the meantime, the parents of the injured also arrived on the spot.
The injured person was immediately shifted to BSA Hospital, where he was declared dead by the doctor. The dead body was preserved in the hospital for a postmortem.
Accordingly, a case u/s 103(1), 3(5) BNS was registered at PS KNK Marg on the statement of mother of the deceased and investigation was taken up. During initial investigation, the mother of the deceased raised suspicion over some boys who had earlier assaulted her son and also threatened to kill him.
During the course of the investigation, it was learned that the alleged persons had come in a red car to commit the offence. Around 300-400 CCTV footages in the vicinity were analysed by different teams. In one of the CCTV footages, the red car was spotted and its registration number was identified. The ownership of the car was obtained, which led the police team to identify the identify the owner of the vehicle and collect information about the offenders.
The investigating team also roped in the informants in the case. On the basis of technical surveillance and human intelligence, one alleged person, namely Piyush Pandey, who is 19 years old, was arrested in the case. On sustained questioning, he disclosed his involvement in the murder case and also revealed the names of his accomplices with whom he had committed the offence.
The police team conducted raids on the possible hideouts of his accomplices and arrested two other alleged boys, namely Rachit and Raghav Mittal.
Raids are being carried out at the possible hideouts to nab their fourth accomplice. Further investigation is in progress.
During interrogation, the arrested disclosed that they had previous enmity with the deceased and that they wanted to take revenge from him. (ANI)
