A 65-year-old contractor with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi was found dead with multiple stab injuries in a godown in Rohini district's Bawana area on Sunday. The victim was a close relative of an Aam Admi Party member.
Police said that they have ruled out robbery angle as the mobile phone, wallet and other valuables of the deceased were found at the spot.
According to police, Jay Pal, a resident of Bawana, had gone to the shamshan ghat near his house for the burial of a close relative.
“On Sunday morning while the family members of Jay Pal were at the shamshan ghat, he was seen leaving the ghat. He was returning to his house when a relative found him stabbed near the Bawana canal, bleeding profusely,” said a senior police officer.
The relatives informed the local police after which a polcie team rushed him to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Doctors told police that the cause of the death of Jay Pal was due to three to four stab injuries on his body.
The deceased is survived by his wife. Since the couple had no children, police in its preliminary investigation suspect that Jay Pal was murdered due to reasons of personal enmity.
“So far we have found out that the deceased had adopted a person in his extended family. Miffed over the transfer of Jay Pal's property to his adopted son, his family suspect that he was killed in a property dispute,” added the officer.
A case of murder has been registered at the Bawana police station. After the post-mortem examination, the body will be handed over to his family, the police said.