Dispute over Rs 6 lakh led to both murders, say police

VASANT VIHAR, MUNIRKA KILLINGS

A DAY after Delhi Police identified the bodies of two women found mutilated in Vasant Vihar on November 18 and November 25 and said they suspect the victims knew each other, police have found out that a dispute over Rs 6 lakh led to the murders. Police have also identified three more accused and have sent teams to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to nab them.

According to police sources, both the women used to work at an escort services company and their owner owed them a total of Rs 6 lakh. “The women’s family and friends told police that the two had been insisted to the employer to give their payment but the accused refused to do so. When the women started to build pressure on their employer, the latter hatched a plan and murdered the duo. He also mutilated their bodies so that no one is able to identify them,” said a source.

Police, who have gotten in touch with the family members

According to police sources, both the women used to work at an escort services company and their owner owed them a total of Rs 6 lakh.

of the two women, said they lived in rented accommodations near Munirka.

R P Upadhyay, Joint Commissioner of Police (southeastern range), told The Indian Express that they have identified a few more accused person and have enhanced the search operation. “We have formed teams and sent them to the suspected hideouts of the accused persons. A few more accused have been identified.”

The first body was found in a sack a few hundred metres from Vasant Vihar Police Station on November 18, while the the second was recovered on November 25 from a sewer tank of a building in Munirka. Both the bodies bore tattoo marks.