Rehab caretaker, two aides arrested for killing inmate

NEW DELHI: The caretaker of the drug de-addiction centre and his aide, who had allegedly thrashed to death a 29-year-old inmate inside the facility on late Monday night, was arrested on Wednesday by Delhi Police.

The accused were identified as Sumit Arora alias Rinku, a resident of Mayur Vihar and his associates Shobi alias Sukhwinder and Manoj Sharma. On Tuesday morning, a PCR call was received reporting that a person is lying dead at a drug de-addiction centre in Govindpuri. The deceased was identified as Amit Bidhuri.

Deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said “On Monday night, Arora, along with Shobi and Sharma, arrived and began beating Bidhuri with a stick. They plucked his eyebrows and shaved off his head and then beat him up until Bidhuri died. They threatened the other inmates and ran away after removing the DVR of the CCTVS installed at the centre.”

Various teams conducted raids in Delhi-ncr to nab the accused.

“On Wednesday, following a tip off, Arora was arrested from Rampuri in Ghaziabad. On Arora’s instance, Sukhwinder was also arrested. Manoj Sharma is on the run and efforts are being made to arrest him,” Biswal said.