A 38-year-old man, his wife and their domestic maid were killed by the couple’s former employee, in association with his five-six accomplices, at their residence in West Delhi’s Hari Nagar area on Tuesday morning.
The accused even ransacked the house and took the couple’s belongings, including the CCTV camera’s DVR to mislead police, planting it as a robbery bid. The entire conspiracy was unearthed after police nabbed two accused within six hours of the incident.
The victims have been identified as Sameer Ahuja (38), his wife Shalu (35), and their maid Sapna (33).
According to West district Deputy Commissioner of Police Ghanshyam Bansal, Sachin (19), a resident of Najafgarh, and Sujeet (21), a resident of Uttam Nagar, have been arrested.
A call was received at Hari Nagar police station around 9.15 am regarding an incident of burglary in a house at Ashok Nagar area following which Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) was rushed to the spot.
“When police team reached the spot, the bodies of Sameer, Shalu and their maid Sapna were found. Both Shalu and Sapna were found lying on the ground floor of a salon owned by the couple, while Sameer was found lying in a pool of blood on the first floor of the building,” said the DCP.
“Throat of both, Shalu and Sapna had been slit with sharp edged weapon and Sameer had multiple injuries on face and head. However, the couple’s minor daughter was found unhurt on the first floor in the hall,” said the DCP.
“During investigation, it was revealed that the couple’s driver came at around 9 am who found the house ransacked, so he made the PCR call. The inspection of the spot revealed that it was a friendly entry,” said the official.
“Keeping in view the sensational crime, multiple teams were formed and while scanning CCTV footage in the area. The strategic efforts showed the result when the alleged were found captured in a CCTV installed nearby who came on two bikes around 8 am,” said the official.
“The accused were also seen rushing in a hurry after committing the crime around 9 am. Though they had taken the DVR of the CCTV, the technical analysis of the event established that the main conspirator of the incident visited the house around 10 minutes prior to the visit of the maid Sapna,” said the DCP.
“Based on CCTV footage, the police team managed to nab Sachin, 19, a resident of Najafgarh and Sujeet, 21, a resident of Uttam Nagar in connection with the incident,” said the official, adding that the main conspirator is still on the run and a manhunt has been initiated to nab him.
Police said so far, the investigation has revealed that the main accused and his girl friend were working with Shalu in the saloon and around 10 days ago, due to their unprofessional attitude, they both were sacked.
“Sameer also verbally thrashed them. The main conspirator felt humiliated and planned to seek revenge and discussed it with Sujit and Sachin. The accused then roped in other three persons and they all on Tuesday morning came prepared and executed the plan,” said the DCP.
“As the maid reached the couple’s house around 8 am, the accused also slit her throat. They took away the laptop, cash and other articles lying in the house,” said a police official.
“The Iphone-13 (Pro-Max) of Shalu, weapon of offence and blood stained towel had been recovered at the instance of the accused persons. Efforts are being made to recover remaining case properties,” said the DCP, adding that further investigation is underway.
A manhunt has been initiated to nab the remaining accused and the main culprit, who wanted to seek revenge after being fired from the salon owned by the couple.