Man held for slitting throat of his friend

NEW DELHI : The Delhi police on Friday arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly slitting the throat of a woman with a paper cutter, and smashing her head with a stone earlier this month.the accused, Mohammed Ghulam Rabbani, is an auto driver.

According to the police, on May 14, the body of a woman aged around 20-25 years was recovered from near Shanti Van in central Delhi.“the woman’s head was crushed and a stone with blood stains was found lying near her body. The body could not be identified. Following probe, the deceased was identified as Nandini, 22, who was reported missing last month,” said MS Randhava, deputy commissioner of police (central).

During probe, it was revealed that Nandini was a homeless and was often seen with her friend Lakshay, an auto driver, who lives in Pooja colony in Karawal Nagar.

“We found that the man had been absconding since last week. It was also revealed that his real name is Ghulam Rabbani and he was driving a cab registered with an app-based aggregator in the name of Neeraj Jha for the past one month.

Verification showed that no booking was made on his ID for the last few days. We laid a trap and arrested him when he was going to Connaught Place on Friday,” Randhava said.

Rabbani told the police that he met Nandini three years ago. “Six months ago, he stole an autorickshaw from UP and Nandini was aware of it. Since she pressured him to surrender to the police, he planned to get rid of her. He claimed that on May 17 he took her to Hero Honda Chowk, Gurugram, in his auto and slit her throat with a paper cutter,” the DCP said.