It took a team of 87 police personnel, including three ACPs on probation, to crack the sensational murder case of a 67-year-old woman, who was found dead with her house ransacked at her DDA flat in Gulmohar Enclave area of South Delhi on April 23.
The accused, who used to do petty repairs in the society, has been arrested. Romil Baaniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South said, "We have arrested Sunny Thakur (34). He confessed that he committed the crime to gift the jewellery to his relative for a wedding."
"On the evening of April 23, we received information about murder of 67-year-old Usha Kumari at her DDA flat in Gulmohar Enclave area. Her house was found ransacked and the elderly woman was found lying with her face down with injuries in her throat and head," said Baaniya.
The DCP said, "During investigation, we found that the entry of the accused was friendly. After questioning more than 100 people who used to visit or live in the society, the Crisis Response Team zeroed in on Sunny."
"Since it was a sensational crime, we deployed our Crisis Response Team. The accused was questioned for a couple of days. He did not give satisfactory replies. The CCTV cameras were scanned. Based on local Intelligence inputs and technical surveillance, we arrested Sunny from his house in Gautampuri area in Badarpur. Initially, he did not admit to the crime but when he was shown the technical evidence, he broke down," the DCP added.
The DCP said, "Sunny revealed that his father was a plumber at the DDA society for past 32 years and he too had been working at the society for past two years. At the time of the robbery cum murder, he had consumed drugs. On finding the door of the victim's house open, he entered and tried to strangle her with a rope."
The elderly woman resisted the attempt and following the resistance, he hit her head with a dumbbell and later slit her throat with a kitchen knife. After this, he fled from the house with valuables like five Golden Bangles, three Golden Chains, gold ring, earrings and some foreign currency notes, DCP added.