Man held for killing two in Gandhi Nagar

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police’s crime branch on Sunday arrested 40-year-old man wanted for killing two men in 2011. Police said the suspect, Kanta Prasad, had killed the two by slitting their throats, allegedly because one of them had an affair with his friend Sunil’s wife. Sunil had been arrested in 2013 for the double murder. Police said, Prasad, who was once caught in 2017 but managed to give police team a slip, kept evading arrest by hiding in Pune, where he worked as an electrician.

DCP (crime) Rajesh Deo said that on October 30, 2011 two men — Anil Tiwari and Deepak Rai, employees of a garment factory in Gandhi Nagar were found dead inside the factory building. Their throats were slit and Tiwari’s body was dumped in the bathroom.

“During preliminary investigations we learnt about two possible suspects behind the murder — Sunil and his friend Kanta Prasad. “It was learnt that Sunil’s wife was in a relationship with Tiwari and he wanted to take revenge. A hunt for the two suspects was made, but they could not be found and a cash reward of ₹25,000 was declared on their arrest,” Deo said.

Deo said Sunil was arrested within two years of the probe, but Prasad remained absconding. “He was declared an absconder in March 2013 and the cash reward on his arrest was doubled to ₹50,000. Despite raids in his village, Fatehpur in UP, he remained on the run,” he said.

The officer said, following years of surveillance on Prasad, a team received inputs that he would visit his family in his village on Dussehra. “On Sunday, following specific inputs, he was arrested from his village, Fatehpur” Deo said.

Deo said Prasad confessed to his involvement in the crime. He said he assisted Sunil in the murder and had to kill Rai as he was also present at the spot in Tiwari’s support. NEW DELHI: Police on Sunday arrested a man who allegedly killed his 19-year-old friend when he did not keep away from a woman whom he claimed to be his partner, on September 29 in outer Delhi’s Rohini.

Police said that after the murder, the man had fled to Jammu with one of his friends who helped him change his blood stained clothes and dispose of the dagger used in murder. The friend was also arrested for destruction of evidence.

The two men who were arrested are 22-year-old Monu and Chandan (22), both residents of Kirari.

DCP (Rohini) SD Mishra said that on September 29, Giri Raj, a resident of Kirari, reported that he was on a late night stroll with his son Raj Kumar and two of his friends Jitender and Vikas when they were joined by Monu, a resident of the same area

“Giriraj said Monu took his son to a corner and following a heated argument they got into a fistfight. During the scuffle, Monu took out a dagger and stabbed his son thrice. Monu then fled the spot,” Mishra said.