The police on Saturday claimed to have solved the murder of retired Indian Air Force officer GK Nair (62) and his wife Gomati (60) after arresting a former servant of the couple.
The police exhibited the knife used in the crime, but did not come out with the jewelleries that were claimed to have recovered from him.
While talking to media persons here on Saturday, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Dharmendra Choudhary said, “We have arrested Raju Dhakad (32) for the killing of GK Nair (70) and his wife Gomti (68). He was employed with them. He was arrested from Gopal Nagar slums and has confessed to have committed the crime.”
The couple was found dead in their Narmada Green Valley residence, with their throats slit, by neighbours on Friday morning.
“Raju has confessed to the murders and the main motive appears to be a dispute over returning money that he had taken for his sister’s marriage from the Nair couple. We are investigating whether anyone else was also involved in the murder,” the DIG said. Choudhary said that Raju, who used to work for the Nair couple, had borrowed money from them for his sister's marriage and was not returning it.
“later, Nair had removed him from the job and also from a PSU company where he was working as a contract labourer. Enraged, Raju killed them on the night of March 8,” the DIG said.
The accused fled the scene after stealing a gold chain and eight yellow bangles, all of which were recovered, police said. Officials said that they had obtained crucial evidence in the form of the Raju’s blood-stained clothes. A case under section 302 (murder) and 394 (voluntary causing hurt in committing robbery) of the IPC was registered against him, he added.
The DIG categorically denied the angle of any illicit relationship in the crime. However, he said that police are still investigating to find out what could other reasons be behind the murder.