In a sensational murder at South Delhi, the prime suspect, who reportedly had cut the body of one of his colleagues into pieces and had stored it in a refrigerator before fleeing from the spot, was arrested from Rourkela by a team of Delhi police along with their local counterparts here on Wednesday.
The Delhi police produced the accused in a local court and took him on transit remand.
According to sources, one Vipin Joshi, who was working as waiter in a South Delhi based restaurant, reportedly had gone missing from October 10, following which his family members had filed a missing report in
Mehrauli police station of South Delhi. Investigating in to the case, police had got information that Joshi was sharing room with one of his
colleagues, identified as Badal Mondal, a native of Purulia area of West Bengal. Initially, police were not able to trace the house of Badal Mondal but had been able to locate the same two days later, which was found locked from outside. After breaking the lock of the house, police found the body of Vipin Joshi, which had been sliced in to pieces and had been stored in a refrigerator in that house. A murder case was registered in Meharuli police station on October 13 and a search operation started to locate prime accused Badal.
Badal reportedly had reached at Rourkela and had taken shelter in one of the slums of the city under Sector 15 police station.