Sensational & Blind Murder Case of a Youth Solved

With the arrest of two accused persons Deepak Gera and Praveen Kumar, the sleuths of Police station Punjabi Bagh/West District have solved a sensational and blind murder case committed at Pocket-I, Paschim Puri, Punjabi Bagh, Delhi. Weapon of offence-knife, wallet of the deceased, blood stained pant, shirt of the accused and motor cycle used in the commission of crime have been recovered.

ACCUSED ARRESTED

(1)               Deepak Gera S/o Loknath Gera R/o H.No-45/3, Janta Flats, Paschim Puri, Delhi. Aged-21 years

(2)               Praveen Kumar S/o Bani Singh R/o Jhuggi No-10, BG-7, Near BSES office, Paschim Vihar Delhi. Aged-22 years

RECOVERY:-

(1)                           Blood stained shirt and Pant worn by accused at the time of murder.

            (2)   Knife used in commission of murder.

            (3)   Wallet of the deceased.

              In the wee hours of 04/07/15, information was received at Police Post Madipur, Police Station Punjabi Bagh that a person is lying unconscious in a pool of blood in front of H.No- 154, Pocket-I, Paschim Puri Delhi. Accordingly, SI Nafe Singh alongwith HC Narender No-1658/W immediately rushed to the place of occurrence, where one unknown person aged about 25 years was lying dead in the street in a pool of blood with multiple stab injuries. Senior officers as well as crime team and dog squad also arrived at the spot swiftly.

                Keeping in view the gravity of the crime, vigorous efforts were made to establish the identity of the deceased. Inspection of the crime scene was conducted minutely by the Crime Team. Photographs of the crime scene were taken. Exhibits were duly lifted and seized from the place of occurrence. No witness came forward, therefore, a case vide FIR No-688/15, u/s 302 IPC was registered. After registration of the case investigation of the case was taken up earnestly by Inspector C.L. Meena, P.S. Punjabi Bagh.

               Since it was a brutal blind murder of a youth, a special team comprising of Insp. Ishwar Singh, SHO/Punjabi Bagh, Insp. C.L. Meena, Inspector Investigation/PS Punjabi Bagh, Inspr. S.S. Rathi- Spl. Staff, West District,  SI Nafe Singh I/C PP Madipur, SI Charan Singh. Spl. Staff, ASI Ishwar Singh, Spl. Staff, HC Vinod, Spl.Staff, HC Narender, HC Vijay No-493/W,  Ct. Naresh No.3151, Spl. Staff, Ct Kuldeep was constituted under the close supervision of Sh. Harcharan Verma-ACP/Punjabi Bagh. Sincere efforts were made to identify the deceased. People from the vicinity were summoned at the spot but nobody could identify the deceased. All CCTV cameras of the possible escape routes of the assailants were examined but in vain. Information was sent to various offices like NCRB/R.K Puram, CBI/Lodhi Road etc. Hue & Cry notices were circulated. Pamphlets with photo of the deceased were also distributed in the adjoining areas by putting the same in the newspapers but no clue / information about the identity of the deceased could be achieved. Fingerprints of the deceased were taken through fingerprints expert and the same were sent to CRO/Crime Branch through which the identity of the deceased could be established. He was identified as Rohit @ Kali S/o Ramesh Handa @ Bhola Nath R/o H.No-E-220, 25 yards near Central School, Raghubir Nagar Delhi. It was also intimated by CRO after checking the records that deceased was having involvement in six criminal cases of robbery, snatching & burglary registered at various Police Stations of Delhi. On identification of the deceased information about the associates was gathered/ collected. His associates/friends alongwith other criminals/ budding criminals were interrogated at length but no clue/information could be achieved.

On 10/07/15, on receipt of a secret information, a trap was laid at Ghore Wala Mandir, Khyala and both above mentioned accused persons were nabbed. Initially, both kept on denying their involvement but on discovery of blood stains on pant of accused Deepak, they broke down and confessed their involvement in the crime. They disclosed that deceased Rohit @ Kali had snatched smack from them in Inder Puri about one week ago and threatened them that he was just released from the jail. Both accused felt humiliated and planned to eliminate him.

On 03/07/15, all of them came to District Park, Paschim Puri to consume smack. After consuming smack, accused Deepak Gera attacked the deceased with knife and brick. Deceased ran for his life towards Pocket-I, Paschim Puri. Accused Deepak Gera chased and kept on attacking him till he breathed his last. After making sure that he is dead, both accused fled away from there on motorcycle. During the course of investigation, blood stained shirt worn by accused Deepak Gera, knife used in the commission of murder and wallet of the deceased have been recovered at the instance of both accused persons.

PROFILE OF ACCUSED:-

             Accused Deepak Gera S/o Loknath Gera R/o H.No-45/3, Janta Flats, Paschim Puri, Delhi, aged 21 years studied upto 7^th class. He got a private job in a company in Karol Bagh as a field executive. He worked there for about one year. He was expelled from the company as he was not regular. He started consuming smack which became a reason for his expulsion from the company. He met co-accused Praveen who was also a drug addict and befriended. His mother and father have strained relations and both are living separately for a long time. He is presently living with his mother in his maternal grandmother’s house in Paschim Puri, Delhi.

Co-accused Praveen Kumar S/o Bani Singh R/o Jhuggi No-10, BG-7 near BSES office, Paschim Vihar, aged 22 years studied upto 12^th class. He took admission in BA Ist year but could not clear exams. His father is running a dairy in which he assists his father. Both accused are friends from school days and are smack addicts. They met deceased Rohit @ Kali in Inder Puri area where they were having smack. Deceased took smack from them after bullying and threatening them. Both accused felt disgraced and planned to take revenge. On the fateful day, they bring deceased Rohit @ Kali to District Park, Paschim Puri where they consumed smack and thereafter accused Deepak Gera attached deceased with knife and brick. After murdering the deceased both fled from there on motorcycle.