22-year-old priest arrested for killing friend with chopper in New Delhi
New Delhi: A 22-year-old priest was arrested recently in New Delhi for allegedly murdering his friend, after he was reportedly verbally abused and slapped by the latter.
The accused was identified as Kartik and the deceased as Devdas (55). Kartik, has been working as a priest at a temple in Palam’s Raj Nagar for the past three years, according to DCP (Southwest) Surendra Choudhary, as quoted by The Indian Express on Sunday.
The two had been friends for the past year and a half, and Kartik was also acquainted with Rama Devi (54) who was Devdas’s companion. Devdas lived on the second floor of a building he owned in Raj Nagar, part of which he had rented out.
On the night of October 21, Devdas invited Kartik to his home for drinks while Rama was visiting her hometown in Andhra Pradesh. After consuming a few drinks, Devdas allegedly began hurling insults at Kartik.
“Angered by this, Kartik took a chopper, which Devdas used to keep under his pillow, and killed him with it,” the DCP stated, adding that the accused claimed Devdas had slapped him two to three times earlier as well.
Police said Kartik stashed the body in a gunny bag and returned home to change his clothes. He then came back and slept at Devdas’s house. An officer told the news outlet that Kartik continued to visit the flat daily until October 27 to turn on the water motor. The tenants living on the top floor did not suspect anything, as this was a task that had been Devdas’s responsibility.
On October 30, Devdas’s sister-in-law, Asha, made a PCR call reporting a foul smell emanating from his apartment and said that the family had not seen him for a week.
The DCP stated that upon reaching Devdas’s residence, one room was found locked. The fire brigade broke the lock, and a gunny bag containing Devdas’s decomposed body was found.
Devdas’s nephew Vijay Sharma told the publication that while Devdas never fought with anyone, he would get angry easily. He relied on the rent he received each month as his source of livelihood. Vijay added that Rama had been living with Devdas for the past 15 years.
Police said Kartik, who went missing on October 27, was traced to his village in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah. A raid was conducted and he was arrested.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
