The headless body of a 22-year-old tattoo artiste was allegedly found dumped in the bushes at a vacant plot of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in east Delhi’s Pandav Nagar on Sunday afternoon, the police said.
They said that the deceased, identified as Babloo Kumar, who belongs to Bihar’s Katihar, had been missing since December 10. However, they said, his family had not registered any missing complaint with the local police. The family members were trying to trace him with the help of his friends, but in vain.
“On Sunday morning, the family reached an abandoned DJB plot while searching for Babloo. They discovered the body in the bushes. The severed head was found next to the body,” said DCP (East) Pankaj Singh.
Mr. Singh said that Babloo lived in a slum cluster near Patparganj with his elder brother Sonu Kumar, who works as a fruit vendor at a nearby shop. Their parents live in Bihar.
Multiple stab injuries
The police said that the body had been chopped using either a saw, or a similar weapon. There were multiple stab injuries all over the body. The police suspect the role of his close friends with whom he used to roam around in the area.
“Babloo had gone missing several times earlier. However, this time it was almost a week that he could not be traced. His friends were at their respective houses and none of them had any clue about his whereabouts. We got suspicious and started searching for him,” said a relative of the deceased.
Sonu has told the police that Babloo had left his house around 9 p.m. on December 10 with some friends and had been missing since then.
The brother also said that Babloo did not use any specific mobile phone and that he was not carrying a phone when he left on December 10. His body was found in a sweater and a pant that he was wearing when he was last seen.
A case has been registered and the case is under investigation.
