In a shocking incident, a 77-year-old builder was brutally murdered by unknown persons in his home in north Delhi’s posh Civil Lines area on Sunday morning. According to police, the victim, identified as Ram Kishore Agrawal, was sleeping alone when the unknown attackers broke into his house, robbed a large amount of cash from the room and attacked him with a weapon. Police said some cardboard boxes containing cash were also found missing from the room of the deceased and robbery is suspected to be the motive behind the killing.
Agrawal, a resident of Kothi number 1, Ram Kishore Agarwal Marg of the Civil Lines area, used to live on the ground floor of his two-storey house while his son and family lived on the first floor.
The entire family was inside the house when the incident took place. The builder's wife had passed away last year due to coronavirus. They have four-five servants in their house, police said.
According to Sagar Singh Kalsi, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North district, on May 1, at 6:52 am a police control room (PCR) call was received at Civil Lines police station from a person informing about the death of his father.
“He told police that his father had been found with his throat slit and was taken to hospital,” said the DCP adding that Agrawal was declared brought dead at Sushrut Trauma Centre Civil Lines.
“During initial investigation, it has been revealed that at around 6:40 am, Agrawal’s son had found him lying on his bed with four knife injuries on his body and some cardboard boxes containing cash were also found missing from the room. Though the exact amount of cash is yet to be ascertained,” said the DCP.
“However, a security guard told police that he had spotted two persons trying to flee from the house in the early morning hours,” said the DCP.
“Police have registered a case under section 302 (murder), 397 (Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Civil Lines police station and an investigation has been taken up,” said the DCP.
“The spot was inspected by the crime team and multiple teams have been formed from across the district to nab the culprits at the earliest,” said the DCP.
Meanwhile, police teams are also scanning CCTV cameras in the area to identify the accused and to ascertain the crime sequence, said police.