A day after body of a 19-year-old boy was found dumped near a Government school with multiple stab injuries in South-East Delhi's Sangam Vihar area, the Delhi Police on Monday arrested three people and apprehended two juveniles in connection with the case.
According to the DCP, one of the juveniles, in the case played an active role in the murder of Feroz Malik. Police recovered the weapon of offence, a screw driver, from his possession. On late Saturday night, 19-year-old Feroz was allegedly stabbed around 25 times by the accused while he was heading somewhere on his motorcycle.
The accused identified as Rahul Khan, Gajendra, Kamal Kishor and the two juveniles disclosed that they planned to kill Feroz as he was in touch with a woman who was a lover of the accused. Miffed over this, the accused decided to stab him to death with a screw driver.
Romil Baaniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-east), said interrogation of the accused led to a staggering revelation about the murder of another 23-year-old man in South Delhi's Neb Sarai area wherein the victim, Hemraj was shot dead and his body was buried at an isolated spot.
The official said based on the CCTV footage of the area from where the accused were trying to escape, they arrested and apprehended the accused.
"During sustained interrogation, Rahul disclosed that on the intervening night of November 28 and 29, the accused people allegedly abducted one Hemraj from the Tigri area and murdered him. After killing Hemraj, they buried his body in the Asola Bird Sanctuary jungle," said the official.
Police said they have sent Hemraj's body, which has been exhumed for forensic tests to ascertain the exact cause of death. A team has been formed to get in touch with the victim's family and to ascertain the motive behind Hemraj's murder.
Addressing the media, the DCP said, "During the interrogation of one of the juveniles, he revealed that since he would have turned 18 in a few days, he wanted to commit the maximum crimes as he knew he would not be punished under the existing law."
The official said apart from this case, cases of murder, attempt to murder and robbery have been registered against the juvenile.