After eight years, businessman arrested for kidnap & murder

Accused, who was in a relationship with deceased’s wife, hatched a conspiracy to kill victim

NEW DELHI: The crime branch of Delhi Police arrested two persons including a businessman who killed a man in 2011 after kidnapping him from Kapashera in South West Delhi. The investigating agency said that the deceased's wife was also involved in the whole conspiracy.

Police identified the accused as Kamal Singla (31) and his driver Ganesh Kumar (27). Both were arrested from Rajasthan and Bihar. They killed one Ravi Kumar, an auto driver, by strangling him with nylon wire in Kapashera area in 2011. The deceased's wife Shakuntala was absconding. "Kamal and Ganesh then took the body to village Tapukda in Alwar Rajasthan and buried there," said an officer. The police have recovered 25 pieces of bones from the construction site where Ravi was originally buried.

Additional Commissioner of Police (crime) BK Singh said that Singla deals in supply of building materials and also runs a transport business. Ganesh used to be his driver. Main accused Kamal had a relationship with Shakuntala. In 2011, her marriage was fixed with a man called Ravi. She remained in contact with

Main accused Kamal Singla (31) and his driver Ganesh Kumar (27) were arrested from Rajasthan and Bihar

Kamal after the marriage. A month into the marriage, both hatched a conspiracy to kill Ravi.

Kamal roped his driver Ganesh Kumar to help him in kidnapping and murder of Ravi and promised him Rs 70,000 for the job. As per their plan, Shakuntala insisted Ravi that she wanted to visit her sister's house at village Samalkha in Southwest Delhi. Both the accused were in the nearby area of deceased's house and waiting in the car. When they saw husband-wife coming, Singla called Shakuntala and Ravi to come and sit in the car.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) Joy Tirkey said that after dropping Shakuntala near her sister's house, Kamal took Ravi for a drive saying that he wanted to speak to him in private. After reaching a secluded spot, Kamal strangulated Ravi with a rope. Deceased's father had lodged missing complaint of his son husband in 2011. Same year the case was transferred to Crime Branch.

"Kamal and Ganesh were worried so they dug up the spot where they had buried the body and managed to remove some parts of it as it had already decomposed," said DCP Tirkey.