A man has been arrested for allegedly strangulating a 15-year-old boy in north-west Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, the police said on Saturday.
DCP (North-West) Aslam Khan said Rajkumar (25) was arrested on Saturday, days after he tried to mislead the police. He has a criminal record, the police said.
The boy had gone missing on August 26 following which his parents approached the police and a case of kidnapping was registered.
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Meanwhile, the victim’s body was found in a sack on KN Katju Marg, the police said.
During investigation, Rajkumar allegedly said, “I will help you find him in three days. I have clues but will not share till they are developed,” he said.
This made the investigators suspicious. A senior police officer said Rajkumar allegedly told police to check the CCTV footage in a direction opposite to what he took to dump the body.
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Personal enmity
During sustained interrogation, he confessed to the crime. The accused allegedly told the police that he committed the crime as he had a personal enmity with the teenager’s mother.
Rajkumar had abducted the boy, the officer said, adding, “He strangulated him and put his body in a sack. Then, he drove to KN Katju Marg to dump the body.”
He allegedly told police that he killed the boy as an outcome of personal enmity with the boy’s mother.