Millennium Post

Couple found dead with stab injuries in SE Delhi

- OUR CORRESPOND­ENT

NEW DELHI: After a brief exchange of fire in New Delhi area, police on Wednesday arrested three criminals who were involved in cases of snatching in Connaught Place and other posh areas. The accused used to target cyclists during morning hours.

Recently, the gang had snatched a bicycle and an iphone from a 24-year-old man, resident of Dwarka, who had come to Connaught Place in his bicycle.

According to police, they are also probing their role in another case of snatching with an IAF official. Police identified the accused as Mohammad Salim (22), Ismail (24) and Saud (22).

Deputy Commission­er of

Police (New Delhi) Eish Singhal said that the accused used to come in the figure of at least four (two of them used to sit in a car and another two used to rob people going for morning walk or cyclists)

DCP Singhal added that in the early morning of October 23, they received informatio­n that this gang will again carry out robbery.

A trap was laid near Shankar Market by the team of officers under the close supervisio­n of ACP (Connaught Place) Akshileshw­ar Yadav. When two suspects riding on a black Pulsar came, they were asked to stop by the police team. However, they tried to run away and started firing on the police team.

"A gunshot fired by the culprits hit on the bullet proofjacke­t worn by sub-inspector Amit Kumar. In self-defence, Kumar fired on them. In the process, Salim was injured. The other accused Ismail tried to fire on police team but he received bullet injuries in his

leg," police said.

Saud was also arrested from the spot. However, one accused person managed to flee under the cover of darkness.

DCP further added that to

live a lavish life, they became criminals and started committing robberies, snatchings in the posh areas of New Delhi.

NEW DELHI: The bodies of a couple with stab injuries have been found at their rented house in southeast Delhi's Pul Prahladpur area. They were identified as Aakash (32) and Bhawna (29).

The deceased couple were married for six years. Police said that on October 22, a PCR call was received regarding the incident.

On reaching the spot it was found that one male & female were lying on the floor of a oneroom house and pool of the blood was found.

"It was also found that there were stabbed injuries on the body of both persons," said Deputy Commission­er of Police (south-east) Chinmoy Biswal.

The incident took place on Tuesday morning when their five-year-old son was in school, police said. Police also probing whether after a domestic quarrel

It further came to notice that they were married 6 years back and having a 5 years old son, who had gone to school at the time of the incident," said DCP Chinmoy Biswal

the man may have killed his wife before killing himself.

"This fact is being investigat­ed. We are probing case from different angles," police said.

DCP Biswal said that residents heard a loud noise from their room which was bolted from inside. They broken the door and entered the room along with other neighbour and found both Aakash and Bhawna lying under a pool of blood and one blood-stained vegetable knife was also found in the room.

Both the injured persons were shifted to Apollo Hospital, where the doctor declared both dead.

"It further came to notice that they were married 6 years back and having 5 years old son, who had gone to school at the time of the incident," said DCP Biswal.

Since they were married for less than seven years, the Sub Divisional Magistrate of the area has been informed and inquest proceeding­s are being conducted, he added.

On local enquiry, it revealed that both Akash and Bhawana used to quarrel regularly as Akash who was working as sanitation supervisor was wasting money and did not give money to Bhawna for daily needs. Further investigat­ion in the case is going on.

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