The Delhi Police has arrested a 41-year-old security guard for allegedly killing a person who used to harass his daughter in southwest Delhi’s Mahipalpur area. Police said that the accused was caught by police on the weekly hours of Saturday while he was trying to dispose of the body in a cart rickshaw.
The accused has been identified as Surmesh, a resident of Mahipalpur and native of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh (UP). He was working as a security guard with NS Security for the last four year.
According to Ingit Pratap Singh, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Southwest district, at around 4 AM on Saturday, head constable Vinod Kumar from the PCR unit spotted Surmesh carrying the body on a rickshaw and nabbed him.
“The deceased has a tattoo on his left arm and a parking slip of IGI airport was found in his pocket. He was later identified as Santosh Kumar Jha (25), a resident of Mahipalpur and native of Muzaffarpur in Bihar. He was a driver in a courier company,” said the DCP.
“Interrogation revealed that Jha was harassing the daughter of Surmesh for the last three years. He used to follow her whenever she went out. On Thursday, Jha came to the house of the accused in a drunken condition and started arguments with him. During these arguments, they both went to the ground floor and entered a vacant room,” said the DCP.
“During heated arguments, Surmesh gave a fist blow to Jha and strangled him with gamcha that Jha was carrying with him. He kept the body in a room in the basement where he was working as security guard and on Saturday, he was trying to dispose of it and was caught. Accused has been arrested and is being produced in the court,” said the DCP.
“No complaint was received against Jha for harassing the daughter of the accused. Further investigation is in progress,” he said. Surmesh has a wife, one daughter and one son.