4 more held in Rinku Sharma murder case
Four more men have been arrested in connection with the killing of 25-yearold Rinku Sharma in Outer Delhi’s Mangolpuri area, the police said on Sunday.
The accused, Deen Mohd (40), Dilshan (22), Fayaiz (21), and Faizan (21), all residents of Mangolpuri, were identified and arrested by a team of the crime branch of Delhi police, which is probing the case currently.
In total, nine men have been arrested in connection with the incident so far, the police said.
Additional PRO (Delhi police) Anil Mittal said that after examination of witnesses and CCTV footage, the crime branch team probing the case has arrested four more men in connection with the killing of Rinku Sharma. The accused were identified and arrested based on a footage where they could be seen attacking Sharma.
A day after the fifth accused was arrested in
connection with the killing of Sharma, the police had transferred the case to the crime branch.
According to the police, on the night of February 10, when both the victim and the accused men were attending a birthday party, an argument broke out between them over their food joints in Rohini.
They also allegedly slapped and threatened each other at the party, following which they left. The two parties had similar tussles over the same issue sometime back as well, the police had said.
Later, the four men went to Sharma’s house where the victim, along with his elder brother, was already standing outside with sticks. A scuffle broke out between the two sides again during which the accused stabbed Sharma and fled from the spot, a senior police officer had said.
Sharma’s brother Mannu (19), however, had alleged that Sharma was killed as he was actively participating in the donation drive for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
However, the Delhi police had denied any communal angle to the murder and said the fight at the birthday party took place over a business rivalry.