Delhi Police has arrested two persons for allegedly killing the security guard of a gas godown in order to rob money from the warehouse in northeast Delhi's Shastri Park area. The accused have been identified as Manish Kumar Mandal (19) and Vishal Singh (20), both residents of Bihar.
Police were informed around 9 am on Monday that a man was found dead at site number 2 of GS Enterprises, a gas agency. When police reached the spot, they found the security guard was lying in a pool of blood, in a cabin adjacent to the gas godown, police said. The deceased was identified as Ganesh Lal Kori (50), a resident of UP. His mobile phone was also found missing, police said. They checked the CCTV footage and found three suspected persons near the guard room around 9:30 pm on Sunday. One of them was noticed entering it with a rod in his hand, a senior police officer said.
He was identified as Manish who earlier used to work as a labourer there. Manish's brother Virender still works at the godown as a driver.
On early Tuesday, a raid was conducted and two persons were nabbed from Tripathi Enclave, Suleman Nagar, Kirari, Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Sanjay Kumar Sain said. During interrogation, they revealed that their third associate is a juvenile. The accused are drug addicts and were facing a financial crunch.