In yet another crime incident of a chilling dimension, Delhi today witnessed double murder of a woman and her teenage son who were found dead in their house in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar. Both were reportedly killed by their house help who has been apprehended.
The deceased were identified as 42-year-old Ruchika Sewani and her 14-year-old son Krish Sewani, a Class 10 student, police said in a statement. As per police, the “house help” revealed during the initial investigation that “Ruchika scolded him, and that is why he killed them”. "Further investigation underway,” they said, adding “the main accused Mukesh (24), resident of Hajipur in Bihar, has been apprehended by UP Police from a train at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction while he was on the run.” Mukesh, who resided in Amar Colony, worked as a driver and shop assistant at the garment shop.
Further investigation is underway, and more details are awaited.The matter came to light when a PCR call was received at 9:43 pm on Wednesday from Kuldeep (44) from Lajpat Nagar-I.According to police, Kuldeep informed that his wife and son were not responding to his calls, the door was closed, and there are blood stains at the gate and on the stairs. Police reached the spot, and the gate was forcibly opened. Upon entering the house, police found Ruchika’s body in the bedroom and Krish’s body in the bathroom. Both had suffered fatal injuries.
The police have sent the bodies for post-mortem, while forensic teams examine the crime scene for clues. A murder case has been registered, and further investigation is underway.Ruchika used to run a garment shop at Lajpat Nagar market along with her husband, Kuldeep Sewani. As his call to Ruchika and Krish went unanswered and the house door was locked from inside with blood stains on the gate and chairs, Kuldeep called up the police.The horrying double murder has sent shock waves in Lajpat Nagar and entire market which is a prime locality in Delhi.
Earlier on Wednesday, in another case, the police arrested a man who, along with his aides, strangled and burnt his 19-year-old neighbour in Delhi's Narela area.The accused, identified as Sumit (27), killed the deceased, identified as Kapil Dahiya. Sumit (27) had killed his neighbour, Kapil Dahiya, after the latter allegedly threatened him, police said.
Dahiya's body was found near the Narela-Bawana flyover on June 29. During interrogation, Sumit confessed to murdering Dahiya.
"Sumit said that he feared for his and his elder brother's life," a senior officer said.
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