New Delhi: A 64-year-old man and his friend have been arrested for allegedly killing the man’s 38-year-old son by assaulting him with a stone and strangling him in southeast Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj.
Talukdar Ansari told police that his son, who was schizophrenic, had become aggressive and he was frustrated by his behaviour. Ansari also said he couldn’t arrange for his son’s treatment, investigators said.
Ansari’s friend has been identified as Mohammad Wasim alias Akram (49). On Aug 23, police were informed around 7.13pm about the body of an unidentified man lying inside an abandoned container near the NTPC wall in Kalindi Kunj. The spot was around 500 metres east of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.
The deceased was Gul Hasan, said police. Ansari allegedly said Hasan had even attacked him and other family members. “He also told us that he was not able to get him proper treatment. So he, along with his friend, made the plan a few days ago,” police said. They took Hasan to the abandoned container on the pretext of taking him to a doctor, according to investigators. Hasan was then strangled with a rope made from cloth waste and the body was left there, police said. Police said they had recovered the concrete stone and the rope used in the murder and bloodstained clothes worn during the incident.
Both work as tailors. Police personnel who went to the site spotted an injury mark on the man’s head, while a concrete stone with apparent bloodstains was found nearby. A murder case was registered and joint CP Vijay Kumar formed teams under the supervision of DCP Vineet Kumar. Ansari claimed that Hasan was suffering from mental health problems, which police described as schizophrenia. Once they reached the secluded location, Wasim allegedly struck him with a stone, following which Ansari also assaulted him.
After several days of analysis of CCTV camera footage, investigators traced the movements of the victim, later identified as Hasan, and found him travelling with two men towards the crime scene.