Delhi Father, Associate Arrested For Allegedly Killing 38-Year-Old Schizophrenic Son In Delhi
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A 64-year-old man and his 49-year-old associate have been arrested for allegedly killing the man's 38-year-old son and abandoning his body inside a shipping container near the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in south Delhi's Kalindi Kunj, police said on Saturday.
The victim, identified as Gul Hasan, was allegedly lured to the abandoned container on the pretext of being taken to a doctor for treatment before the accused attacked him, police said.
Head Smashed With Stone, Then Strangled
According to police, the accused first smashed Hasan's head with a stone and subsequently strangled him.
The 64-year-old allegedly told investigators that he killed his son with the help of his associate because Hasan had been suffering from mental health-related problems and schizophrenia.
Police, however, said they were interrogating the accused to establish the exact motive and sequence of events leading to the murder.
Body Found Inside Abandoned Container
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Vineet Kumar said Kalindi Kunj police received information at around 7.13 am on August 23 about an unidentified man's body lying inside an abandoned shipping container.
The container was located near the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) boundary wall, on the eastern side of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.
When police reached the spot, they found the victim lying in a pool of blood with a severe head injury.
A murder case was subsequently registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
CCTV Helped Police Trace Suspects
Four teams led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sarita Vihar, Anil Kumar Sharma, were formed to investigate the case.
CCTV footage helped investigators reconstruct the victim's movements before the murder.
"From CCTV analysis, the movement of the victim was traced, showing him in the company of two people proceeding towards the scene of the crime and the suspects returning alone without the victim," DCP Kumar said.
The suspects were subsequently traced to a stitching factory in Govindpuri, south Delhi, where police arrested them and established the identity of the deceased.
Police are continuing to question the accused to establish the circumstances surrounding the killing.
The post-mortem report and its analysis are also awaited.
