The charred body of a 30-year old woman was found lying in a lane in North-East Delhi’s Jafrabad area in the intervening night on Monday. The woman is yet to be identified. According to the police the woman in her 30s was spotted by passersby who noticed flames from lane No. 1 in Arvind Nagar area, which is near the residence of former BJP MP lal Bahadur Tiwari.
At around 1.25 am flames from the rear end of a Hyundai Santro car were noticed by the locals. The locals raised an alarm and rushed to seize the fire. While dousing it they discovered a human form. Fire and the police were informed and the body was taken to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival. The woman had sustained more than 90 per cent burns. “Her face is completely damaged and no other articles were found near her body. It appears that she was killed somewhere else and her body was later dumped here,” said a police official
A case under Sections 302 and 201 of IPC has been registered at Jafrabad police station. The body has been preserved for post-mortem. The Santro car which was parked also got damaged in the fire.
In a separate incident, two men were stabbed to death by unknown persons in East Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar area late on Tuesday night. The deceased have been identified as Sonu (28) and Babli (30).
The incident took place around 9 pm on Tuesday the bodies were discovered near Jagdamba Dairy on Raghupuram main road. Preliminary investigation revealed involvement of someone close.
“Both the bodies have stab injury marks and have been sent for post-mortem examination. A case of murder has been registered and investigations are underway,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), Ajay Kumar. Senior officials of the Delhi Police claimed that locals must have witnessed or seen something since the area is mostly crowded.