In a shocking crime witnessed in national capital, a 22-year-old woman, daughter of an IRS officer was found murdered in South Delhi’s Amar Colony on Wednesday, with suspicion falling on a former domestic worker who was fired a month ago. The accused has been arrested by the Police. Preliminary findings suggest she was allegedly raped and strangled to death.
The victim, aged around 22, was alone at the time of the incident. Police suspect the involvement of a domestic help who used to work at the house before being fired over a month ago. When the team of FSL reached the spot where the victim was found dead in a house in the house in what is Delhi's upscale residential area. According to police, the victim was discovered by her family members inside the house under suspicious circumstances, following which the police were alerted. The victim was an engineering graduate and aspiring to build career through UPSC exams.
As the investigation is underway, preliminary inquiry suggests that the woman was sexually assaulted before being strangled to death using a mobile phone charger cable, sources said.“The servant was hired a year ago on the recommendation of a junior officer. He frequently borrowed money, and about a month and a half ago, he was fired. He came back today, after committing the crime, he changed his trousers,” Joint Commissioner of Police, Eastern Range, Vijay Kumar said. The accused has been identified as Rahul Meena.
The official further stated that the motive behind the murder is still unknown but suspected a personal grudge could be a possible factor.According to Kumar, the parents returned home around 8.00 am. Upon their arrival, they found their daughter lying downstairs in an unconscious state.They rushed her to the hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.
“Following this information, we constituted 15 separate teams to work on various leads related to the case. Each team was assigned specific responsibilities. One team went to Alwar, another to Dausa, one to Jaipur, and others to various locations within Delhi,” the Joint Commissioner of Police said.
The victim was allegedly raped and murdered by the accused at her residence in southeast Delhi’s Kailash Hills on Wednesday morning.Police grew suspicous about the former servant after coming to know that he had been removed from job recently.
According to reports, two videos have also surfaced showing the accused walking towards the IRS officer’s house at 6.28 am and leaving around an hour later at 7.22 am.The accused was apprehended from Dwarka. He was hired by the IRS officer based on a reference from another staff member within their own office.
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