The matter came to light when officials at the Mukherjee Nagar Police Station conducted a special drive against illegal immigrants as well as overstaying foreign nationals in the locality.
The deceased has been identified as Akhilesh, who belonged to the Burari area and reportedly used to work as an autorickshaw driver.
Police said preliminary investigation indicates that the accused fled after allegedly looting around Rs 10-12 lakh in cash along with gold and silver ornaments from the house.
As per Delhi Police officials, Rakesh and his two associates had in 1990 stabbed his neighbour to death in north Delhi's Jahangirpuri area.
Delhi Police arrested two men after a woman alleged she was forcibly taken into a private bus and sexually assaulted in Nangloi.
As per the FIR, the incident took place at around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, outside a club in Nehru Place.
Investigators rely on CCTV footage, stolen phone data and hotel Wi-Fi logs to trace and arrest the accused, as Delhi Police reconstruct the sequence of events at the crime scene.
Police are combining digital evidence, CCTV footage and behavioural analysis to decode motive and intent in the Kailash Hills murder, with custody interrogation underway to reconstruct the sequence.
Delhi Police traced the accused through digital footprints, including Wi-Fi use and chats, after a brutal crime that has shaken the capital’s sense of safety.
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.
