Three thieves, involved in many cases of theft, killed their fourth accomplice, a 17-year-old, over a trivial issue of carrying the booty to the vehicle. An argument turned violent and three of a group — including two juveniles — bludgeoned their partner with bricks. They dumped his body in Jahangirpuri and fled.
later, the body was spotted by some rickshaw pullers, who covered it with a mattress and dumped it in Adarsh Nagar, fearing that they would be implicated for the murder.
Investigation led to arrest of three on murder charges, while another three, including two rickshaw-pullers were arrested for tampering with evidences.
Sheikh Alpha Jumid and another two are juveniles, while the rickshaw pullers were Jai Ram, Rakesh and their employer Chaman lal. “It was the intervening night of June 12 and 13, when the victim along with the accused had gone for stealing copper from a construction site in Mukundpur. According to their plan, the copper was to be carried by the victim but after reaching at the spot, he refused to take the booty to the getaway vehicle,” a senior police officer said.
“A team was formed under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner of Police (Model Town sub-division) Shweta Chauhan and they started door-to-door verification. later, they traced the victim’s parents and after the questioning of several persons, police arrested three associates of the victim,” the officer added.