Two days after a 22-year-old woman was found strangulated to death in her residence in Northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Sunday, Delhi Police on Tuesday night arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with the matter, police said on Wednesday.
Police said that the accused, Dabloo had tried to sexually assault the woman. When she resisted his attempt, she tried to raise her voice. Afraid that the brother-in-law of the victim, who lived upstairs will come to her rescue, Dabloo strangled Rinku with a cloth and fled away with the valuables kept in the house.
“Dabloo was drunk at the time of the incident. He had come to live with his brother, Raju on the floor above the victim’s house. living with his cousin for the past five days, Dabloo had bad intentions for the victim. On Sunday afternoon, upon finding that the woman was alone at her home, he went over to her house. Rinku was with her 10 month old daughter when Dabloo entered the house and tried to sexually assault her,” said a senior police
officer.
Police said that the incident of Rinku’s murder came to light on Sunday afternoon when Rinku’s husband, Raj Kumar came home and found her lying motionless on the floor. Kumar informed his neighbours and relatives and rushed Rinku to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead.
Since the day of Rinku’s mother, the accused, Dabloo had been missing. Therefore the family of the victim alleged that he may be the suspect.
“We had sent two of our teams to Shahjanapur village, native place of Dabloo but he was not found to be there. On Tuesday night, after sustained efforts, Dabloo was arrested from the Jalalabad in Uttar Pradesh.