Three people have arrested for murdering a 21-year-old boy, Danish, who had gone missing on March 16, 2011 from his residence in Mayur Vihar.
Police said that the accused identified as Sunny Rathi (34), his elder brother Manish Rathi (35) and Sumit (35).
The deceased had allegedy had an affair with Sunny's wife. After killing the victim, the accused put the body in a gunny bag and dumped near a canal in New Ashok Nagar.
"The trio was arrested on April 29 from Trilok Puri area following a missing complaint was lodged at Mayur Vihar police station in May, 2011 by Danish father Mohammed Hasen," a senior police officer said.
On 16 March, 2011, Danish fled with Sunny's wife, Anjana alias Anju (30) from their houses and started staying together in a rented accommodation in Kashmere Gate. Anjana had in fact convinced Danish that she would divorce her husband and marry him. Danish called and informed Sunny about his relationship with his wife Anjana and told her that
she will divorce him
very soon.
Three days later, enraged Anjana's husband Sunny along with his friend Sumit came at their home in an inebriated condition and after a heated argument, they strangulated him after smothering him with pillow.
later, Sunny called his elder brother Manish and they wrapped the body in a bed-sheet and put it inside a gunny bag. All the accused later boarded a train and gone to Jabalpur, where they lived for around 11 months.
“On 23 March, locals discovered a unidentified decomposed body in a gunny bag near a canal in New Ashok Nagar and police registered a case under Sections 302 (murder) and 120 (criminal conspiracy) against the unidentified persons as they were failed to establish the identity of the victim,” the officer added.