A 30-year-old man, working as a small-time photographer in a studio, was found murdered under mysterious circumstances near his house in South West Delhi’s Chhawla area on Sunday.
According to the police, the victim has been identified as Dalchand, a resident of New Roshan Pura in Najafgarh. Eyewitnesses found Dalchand’s body on a roadside in Shyam Vihar around 9am on Sunday.
In the preliminary investigation, it appears that informed that Dalchand was shot dead a few hours earlier. Dalchand had a single bullet wound on his body. His family was informed and body has been sent for post mortem to a local hospital. “A case of murder was registered at the Chhawla police station. Further action will be taken once the autopsy result is out,” said a senior police officer.
Dalchand’s family told police that he had left from home on Saturday night with a male friend. They waited for him to come back the whole night. Phone calls were made to him but they went unanswered. The family panicked when he did not return by the early hours of Sunday and then informed the local police.
A police team was formed to search for Dalchand. They finally found his body lying in a pool of blood on a roadside around 2 km away from his house.
Police said that no arrests have been made till now. CCTV footage of the area is being scanned to identify the accused person. An investigating officer privy to the case said that the family does not know the friend with whom Dalchand had allegedly gone with on Saturday night. Efforts are on to trace him.
“The motive of the murder is not clear yet. So far, we are looking at the possibility over monetary dispute and are questioning the family and friends of the victim with whom he was last seen with to get more clues. Investigation is underway,” added the officer. Dalchand is survived by wife and two children.