The Delhi Police has arrested a 34-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman for allegedly strangling a cab driver to death and then dismembering his body into pieces before disposing the body in a drain near Gaur City in Greater Noida. The duo reportedly confessed to the murder during police interrogation, however, police said that their motive is yet to be ascertained.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (northwest) Vijayanta Arya said they have obtained five days police custody remand of the accused persons to unearth the whole conspiracy.
According to police, the accused man was identified as Farhat Ali (34), a school drop-out, working as a 'quack and his associate identified as Seema Sharma (30), a married woman who was living separately from her husband in Ghaziabad. Police revealed that Farhat Ali has previously been involved in two cases including a case of rape along with trespassing and physical violence in Didauli police station, Uttar Pradesh.
“On Tuesday last, a missing report was lodged by the deceased Ram Govind's wife. They are residents of Shakarpur, Delhi. She said that her husband was missing since January 28, 2019. During enquiry of missing report, it came into notice that victim was abducted by some unknown persons,” she said.
“A joint team of Netaji Subhash Place police station and Special Staff of Northwest district was constituted. During investigation, it was found that the last ride of his cab was booked from Madangir to Kapashera Border and thereafter, the GPS device of cab stopped working,” she said.
On the basis of CCTV footages and technical surveillance, the accused persons were arrested. “During sustained interrogation, accused persons confessed that last Tuesday at about 1:00 am, they had hired the Ram Govind's taxi from MG road, Gurugram to Khairati Nagar, Ghaziabad, UP,” said the DCP.
The accused persons allegedly told police that they hatched a conspiracy. They took the taxi driver to their home and offered him a cup of tea mixed with sedative. When he lost consciousness, the duo then throttled him the driver with a rope and left the body in their room.
“They took the deceased's cab and disposed the vehicle at Moradabad, UP and hid the vehicle in front of a temple in Mundha Pandey area in Moradabad, UP. The following day, they arranged for a straight razor and chopped the victim's body into parts, wrapped them in three separate bundles and disposed it in a drain near Gaur City in Greater Noida,” the DCP said, adding that they are further investigating the matter.