Man, 2 aides held for killing 63-year-old kin

A 27-year-old man and his two friends were arrested for allegedly killing his 63-year-old uncle while he was sleeping outside his house in Dwarka area, police said on Friday.

Police said they arrested Rajbeer and his friends Abhishek (19) and Lalit (24) in connection with the murder on July 28 following raids at multiple locations in Najafgarh area, Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon, Patodi and Sonipat, they said.

The incident took place on July 27, when victim Ajeet Singh was sleeping outside his house and his nephew Rajbeer and two others came there and shot him dead. After committing the murder, they robbed a food delivery boy on gunpoint and fled with his motorcycle to escape, police said.

A day before the murder, they booked a hotel where they consumed alcohol together and conspired to kill Singh, police added.

According to police, the victim’s elder son Vinod Kumar alleged in his complaint that a day before his father was killed, there was a quarrel between his family and his uncle Krishan’s family over construction work. During the quarrel, his cousin Rajbeer also threatened to kill them.

Both the families reside opposite to each other in Palam Extension. The Victim was renovating a part of his house and this led to a quarrel between the two families, a senior police officer said.

When family members were interrogated, they revealed that Rajbeer was seen with his friend Abhishek but their mobile phones were found to be switched off, he said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Santosh Kumar Meena said “With the help of technical surveillance, the mobile number of Rajbeer revealed his location near Galaxy Royal hotel Ramphal chowk. Investigation revealed that Rajbeer and his friend Abhishek had booked a room in the hotel on July 26 where the duo along with their third associate consumed alcohol and hatched the conspiracy to kill Singh. They later left the hotel in the midnight without check-out and headed to his uncle’s house to kill him.”

A pistol with two live cartridges and the robbed motorcycle along with mobile phones of the accused were recovered, they added.