Three persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Aam Aadmi Party worker Naveen Das, whose body was found inside a burnt car in Sahibabad on the intervening night of October 4-5.
Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said 25-year-old Das was in a relationship with one of the accused, Tayyab, and had been forcing him to live with him. Tayyab resented this. He roped in two friends to rob and murder Das. They sedated him after giving him drug-laced sweets and then burnt him alive inside his car.
The accused stole the victim’s phone, passport and other things. Tayyab also transferred ₹7 lakh to his account via online banking.
Das’ vehicle was found in a secluded spot in Bhopra on the road leading to Loni from Sahibabad, an officer said.
