The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested the accused in the alleged rape and murder of a 22-year-old daughter of a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer.
The accused has been identified as the former servant, who was fired just a a month and half ago, said a police official.
“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 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.