Haryana Police has recovered the body of a kidnapped trader Dinesh Kumar Aggarwal from Katwara canal passing through Sanghi-Khidwali village in Rohtak, about 70 km away. The body bearing bullet injury marks to the head was brought to the Capital from Rohtak on Saturday evening.
Aggarwal was kidnapped by unidentified persons three days ago from Jyoti Nagar area. His abductors had made a ransom call to his family for Rs 5 crore. Vijay Dahiya, SHO of Sampla police station, said some villagers had informed police on August 21 that a body of a man was found floating in the canal. A police team rushed to the spot and fished out the body from the canal. later, it was sent to PGIMS for a post-mortem.
“Since PGIMS doctors found bullet injuries to the head during autopsy, a case under Section 302 of IPC was registered against unidentified persons,” Dahiya added.
Police sources said a team of Delhi Police on Friday carried out a raid at Atayal village in Rohtak district on the basis of last mobile location of the kidnapped trader and rounded up a youth for questioning on suspicion. However, the team had to face the wrath of the villagers who reportedly thrashed a cop during the exercise.
“Delhi Police during questioning got vital clues about Aggarwal’s murder and later rounded up two other villagers who confessed to their crime,” informed sources, adding that on the basis of details divulged by the accused, the police team on Saturday visited the scene of crime and the canal from where the body was recovered.