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New Delhi, Apr 22: In Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers of a 1997-batch, 22-year-old daughter strangled to death in Amar Colony, Delhi Police said that the main suspect, identified as Rahul, is currently absconding, with several teams of the Delhi Police conducting raids to trace him.
During the investigation, police teams reached the suspect’s residence in Alwar, where it was revealed that he had allegedly been involved in a molestation incident in his locality just a day before the murder (Tuesday).
Investigators revealed that there is a strong likelihood that she was strangled with wires. Special police teams have been set up to catch the suspect, and officers are reviewing CCTV footage from across Amar Colony to trace the person’s escape route.
Police suspect the involvement of a former house help and believe that the woman was strangled to death, likely with a mobile phone charging cable, as it was found at the scene.
A senior police officer stated that the incident took place on Wednesday while her parents were out for a walk, suspecting that the house help had entered the house and killed her.
He was recently removed from his job," police said.
The deceased woman has been identified as the daughter of Dinesh Gupta, a 1997-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, who was also preparing for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination. The incident came to light when Gupta returned home and discovered his daughter lying in a pool of blood. As soon as police were alerted about the incident, they rushed to the site, where they took custody of the body and launched a probe, according to several media reports.
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