Delhi Police on Thursday said the 21-year-old man whose body was discovered from his house at outer Delhi’s Begumpur was killed by girl’s 66-year-old grandfather and her father as he was in relationship with a girl belonging to the family of the accused. The killing was carried out by the family members of the girl. The girl’s father and her grandfather stealthily entered Sushil’s house at night and hacked him with an axe while he was asleep, police said.
The accused identified as Mahendra Singh Kataria (66) and his son Bharat Singh Kataria (36) residents of Naveen Vihar in Begampur. During interrogation, the duo confessed to have killed Sushil as they were angry and unhappy with his alleged relationship with Bharat’s daughter.
Police said, earlier they had begun their probe considering it to be a murder over personal rivalry. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (outer) Vikramjit Singh, the murder came to fore on Sunday after they received a call regarding murder of a man at his home near Barwala Road in Bagampur.
During investigation it was found that Sushil was into a relationship with a girl in his neighbourhood but her family members were against it. On the basis of needle of suspicion on girl’s family, police picked up her father for questioning.
On sustained questioning, Bharat Singh confessed to his crime to take revenge since Sushil had not been paying any heed to his repeated warnings regarding his closeness with the girl.