Delhi Police arrested two persons and apprehended a juvenile in connection with the murder of a man aged 20-25, whose body was found in a partially burnt condition in Southeast Delhi’s Dakshin Puri area, police said on Saturday.
According to Romil Baaniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-east), one of the accused had lent Rs35,000 to the deceased, but the latter refused to return the amount. Following this the accused planned to kill him.
Police said that they received a PCR call on January 10 about a dead body lying on a hill, behind Madrasi Mandir, Block No 14, Dakshin Puri.
“The deceased was identified as Chetan Kumar Singh on January 12,” said the officer.
Based on technical surveillance, two persons, Vikram (22) and Suraj (21) were apprehended from Jahanpanah City Forest and interrogated at length. They had taken the mobile phone and motorcycle of the deceased that was later recovered by police.