New Delhi: A 20-year-old man from Delhi allegedly murdered his friend on January 17 after the latter forced him to perform unnatural sex acts, said police, adding that the former also crushed his head with a stone.
The accused, a native of Bihar, lived in the Khoya Mandi night shelter in Mori Gate. He was apprehended from Patna on Monday, reported news agency, PTI. According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) MK Meena, the police received a PCR call on January 19 about a body lying at the Mori Gate DDA park with blood clots over the mouth and cut marks above the eye. After a forensic examination of the spot, the police shifted the body to a mortuary and registered a murder case.
Both the friends had a fight, following which Rajesh went missing, reported ANI. The deceased was identified as Pramod Kumar Shukla of Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district. He worked at a shop in Khoya Mandi and lived in a night shelter.
Rajesh was apprehended from Patna on January 26 and brought to Delhi. Upon interrogation, Rajesh disclosed that Shukla used to pressure him to perform unnatural sex acts.
The accused took the victim’s keypad cell phone and stole Rs 18,500 after killing the latter. At the Old Delhi Railway Station, he earned Rs 400 by selling the victim’s mobile phone and then took a train to Amritsar, Punjab, to avoid being arrested.
He used the stolen money to buy a cell phone for Rs 10,000 after arriving in Amritsar, Punjab. The cash memo slip for the phone and the equivalent amount have been obtained from the phone’s dealer, reported ANI.
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