A 50-year-old man who was a departmental store owner in South Delhi’s Hauz Khas area was murdered by unidentified men in his store on Thursday night. Police have started investigations into the matter after registering a case. So far no arrests have been made.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, south district, Chinmoy Biswal, said the deceased has been identified as Sudhir Gupta, who used to own and run a departmental store in Gautam Nagar.
“Sudhir Gupta was found unconscious with head injury in the store by his son Shivam when he went to talk to him at 11:15 pm on Thursday. He was rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences Trauma Centre where doctors declared him brought dead,” said the Additional DCP.
The matter was then informed to police and based on the complaint of the deceased’s son, police registered a case under Section 302 (Punishment for murder) of the Indian Penal Code on September 8 and started probing the matter.
“Inspection of scene indicates friendly entry of assailants. No cash or valuable has been found missing. A huge amount of cash was found intact in the store. Inter-alia insider angle and personal enmity is also being probed,” said Biswal.
A police team has been formed to crack the case. Currently, police scanning all the CCTV footages of the area to identify the culprits. Police said the departmental store has no CCTV.