Three men, including an advocate, have been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly killing a woman in 2011 who was not vacating a house in northwest Delhi’s Model Town area where she used to live as a tenant.
The accused have been identified as Virender Kumar (44), a resident of Loni, Ghaziabad, Prithi Singh alias Prithvi (59), a resident of Burari and Kamlesh (28), a resident of Azad Pur.
According to G Ram Gopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch, on December 18, 2011, an unidentified body of a woman was found dumped at New Usman Pur area following which a case was filed at Usmanpur police station and later, it was shifted to the Crime Branch.
“During investigation, the deceased was identified as Kiran Aggarwal, a resident of Model Town-II, Delhi and on January 19, 2012, her brother filed a missing report.
On Thursday, police received information about the accused persons and Singh and Kamlesh were arrested. On Friday, Kumar was also apprehended,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, they disclosed that in December 2011, one Kiran was living at a house in Model Town-II for the last 5 years.
“She had a dispute with her landlord over vacating the flat and her landlord had filed a case. Kiran was having a matrimonial dispute and had filed a case of domestic violence against her husband. She had hired Virender Kumar for her cases,” said the DCP.
“Kiran was demanding Rs 2 crore for vacating the flat. Kumar, who was representing the case of Kiran in the court, had taken the task of vacating the flat for the landlord in lieu of Rs 30 lakh.
Kumar conspired with Singh, who was his client and was working as a sweeper in Delhi Jal Board, to eliminate Kiran. Singh demanded Rs 1.5 lakh. Later, Singh hired three more criminals Birju, Bunty, and Kamlesh,” said the DCP.