The Delhi Police have arrested 25-year-old man and his friend for allegedly killing a 20-year-old man in Delhi's Rohini area. Police said that the accused suspected that the deceased Rohan (20) was in touch with the girl with whom he had a one-sided affair.
Police said that the accused identified as Ankit Tushir (25) and his friend Anshu (19), both residents of Daulatpur area, had took the victim, Rohan, also a resident of Daulatpur to Hyderpur water treatment plant canal area and threw him in it which lead to his death. Police said that Rohan ran a shop of car and bike accessories at sector-17, Rohini, Delhi and he had left his shop at about 7.30 pm on January 25 but did not reach home.
According to S D Mishra, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Rohini district, on January 26 a missing report was received in which the complainant said that his son Rohan is missing since last night.
"During inquest proceedings, it was revealed that a body of similar description was found at Hyderpur water treatment plant canal in the area. The postmortem of the body was got conducted and the doctor opined that the death was due to drowning and there is only abrasion mark on the forehead," said the DCP.
"However, on January 28, the father of the victim also filed a written complaint with K N Katju Marg police station and suspected foul play in the death of his son. Meanwhile, a police team scanning CCTV cameras in the area found that two more person were sitting on bike with Rohan," said the DCP.
"On the basis of CCTV footage Ankit and Anshu were arrested. During interrogation, both confessed to their crime and Ankit told police that he was having love affair with a girl of his village and the family members of her family had objection about this relationship. Ankit was beaten by her family members," said the DCP.
"The accused further told police that he was suspecting that Rohan was in touch with the family members of the girl following which on January 25, on the pretext of clearing the misunderstanding, Ankit and his friend Anshu called Rohan and took him towards canal. Rohan did not doubt their intention and he was thrown alive in the canal. Anshu revealed that he had agreed in the plan since he was good friend of the accused Ankit," said the DCP.
"The bike used in the commission of crime, Rohan wallet containing Aadhaar card, CGHS card, driving license and other documents have been recovered from the possession of the accused", he added.