Delhi Police has arrested two men for allegedly killing a fellow ragpicker after a quarrel broke out between them over a petty issue in in Karol Bagh area. Police said it took them nearly a month to establish the identity of deceased, as body was found in completely decomposed state and accused persons destroyed all the evidence and fled to Bihar.
The accused have been identified as Chhote Jamadar (32) and Kamlesh Ram (36) and the duo worked as rag pickers in Karol Bagh area. Police said that they knew the victim -- Bipin Bindh (32), who hailed from their native place in Bihar’s Nalanda.
According to police, the victim was distantly related to one of the accused and he used to often address the accused as “Tu mera Sala hai”, this often annoyed the accused and on the day of incident as well, the victim under the influence of alcohol fought with the accused person and to take revenge, they killed him, police said.
According to Usha Rangnani, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Northwest district, the matter came to light on January 16 when an unidentified body in a decomposed state was found lying in the DSIDC, Lawrence Road in the area of Keshav Puram police station.
“The body was taken out from the drain and it was completely in decomposed state and no identity could be established except scar marks and a tattoo on hand. The identity of the man was established by his family through an ‘’om’ tattoo mark on his hand,” said the DCP.
“On preliminary inspection, the hands of the body were found tied with a scarf and the other part of the scarf was also found wrapped around its neck. Prima facie, the age was presumed to be of 35 years and during medical examination, doctor opined time of death to be of three-four days ago,” said the DCP.
“From the circumstances, it was observed that some unknown person(s) have killed him and to destroy evidences, they dumped his body in the drain. Police enquiry revealed that the deceased had a quarrel with two other rag pickers in Karol Bagh area and after killing him, they went to their native place in Bihar,” said the DCP.
“A team was also sent to Nalanda, Bihar but after some days, based on the inputs and technical surveillance, it was found that two persons who had a quarrel with the deceased, have came to Jhuggis in Transport Nagar, Punjabi Bagh. Accordingly, raid was conducted and they were nabbed from their hideouts,” said the DCP.