Police say the accused planned his escape carefully, using household access and cash theft, before being tracked across states and arrested in a Dwarka hotel.
Delhi Police personnel escort accused Rahul Meena after his arrest from a Dwarka OYO hotel in connection with the Amar Colony rape and murder case. | ANI video grab
The Delhi Police on Thursday said the man arrested for the murder of a 22-year-old woman in southeast Delhi’s Amar Colony had sold his mobile phone and spent money on travel in an apparent bid to avoid being tracked after fleeing Rajasthan.
The case, which has shocked the capital, has revealed a sequence of events stretching from Alwar to Delhi, with investigators piecing together the accused’s movements in the days leading up to and after the crime.
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Joint Commissioner of Police (Southern Range) Vijay Kumar told ANI that the accused, Rahul Meena, sold his mobile phone for Rs 10,000 and hired a vehicle for about Rs 6,000 to reach Delhi. Police believe this was done deliberately to prevent authorities from tracing him through digital or transport records.
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During the probe, police teams visited Meena’s residence in Alwar, where they found that he had allegedly been involved in a molestation incident in his neighbourhood just a day before the murder. Following that episode, he left for Delhi to evade possible police action.
The accused was eventually arrested from an OYO hotel in Dwarka on Wednesday after multiple police teams were deployed across Delhi and nearby locations. “Multiple teams were formed and sent across Delhi and other locations to trace the accused before he was apprehended,” Kumar said, adding that Meena is currently being interrogated.
Investigators said Meena had been working as a domestic help with the victim’s family for nearly a year and was familiar with their daily routine. He was aware that the parents would step out in the morning, leaving their daughter alone at home.
CCTV footage reviewed by police shows the accused entering the colony around 6:30 am, entering the house at 6:39 am and leaving at about 7:20 am on the day of the incident.
Officials said there were no signs of forced entry, indicating that the accused used a spare key kept in a shoe rack for domestic workers to access the house.
The victim’s father alerted the police after finding his daughter unconscious at home. She was taken to a hospital, where doctors declared her dead.
Investigators said the accused allegedly committed the crime, changed his clothes and fled with approximately Rs 2.5 lakh in cash from the house.
A case has been registered against Meena under charges of rape, murder and robbery. Further investigation is ongoing, police said.
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