Police officers astatine the Panchsheel Park residence of the victim, Wednesday. (Tashi Tobgyal)
Bloody footprints connected the floor, a missing DVR (digital video recorder), and a slashed room nett — these are among the grounds constabulary recovered astatine the residence of Rohit Kumar Alagh. Early connected Monday, the 64-year-old businessman was recovered with his pharynx slit astatine his location successful South Delhi’s Panchsheel Park.
Based connected suspicious question caught connected CCTVs installed successful the neighbourhood and method surveillance, constabulary said the execution took spot betwixt 4-4.30 americium connected Monday. The assemblage of Alagh, a businessman, was recovered connected the level with aggregate crisp stab wounds to the neck, face, thorax and abdomen.
Alagh stayed successful a three-storey location successful S Block, Panchsheel Park. His elder son, a cook and the proprietor of a well-known eatery successful Hauz Khas, lives connected the 3rd level with his family. While Alagh lived connected the crushed level with his younger son, a freelance musician, the archetypal level is occupied by tenants. The 2nd level is locked.
As per the series of events established by the constabulary truthful far, Alagh returned location from the section Panchsheel Club astir 12 am. At 12.40 am, 1 of his sons ordered a pizza. Later, Alagh went to his country to sleep.
DCP (South) Ankit Chauhan said the younger lad recovered the body. “The incidental came to airy erstwhile the car cleaner came to get the keys but the deceased didn’t unfastened the door. When the younger son, who was successful the adjacent room, opened the doorway to springiness the keys to the cleaner, helium noticed his begetter was lying connected the floor.”
He added, “Nothing was stolen. No country was ransacked and robbery is not suspected. Prima facie, it seems to beryllium a lawsuit of a pre-planned murder. The relation of everyone (attached to Alagh) is being verified.” The forensic squad inspected the spot and recovered humor stains with footprints connected the floor, said Chauhan.
The accused was well-versed with the operation of the house, the introduction and exit points, arsenic good arsenic the determination of the DVR, an serviceman added. Police said arsenic the DVR went missing aft the murder, nary footage from CCTVs installed astatine the location could beryllium recovered.
Further, blood-soaked footprints recovered astatine aggregate places connected the floor, including the bathroom, look to beryllium to 1 person, said police. “So far, they bash not lucifer with anyone who resides astatine the residence,” an serviceman said. However, constabulary said, arsenic Alagh was well-built and tall, it would not person been casual for lone 1 idiosyncratic to termination him.
Prima facie, it appears that the slayer utilized the room model to perchance distract oregon dodge the police, the serviceman said.
Police called some sons for questioning connected Wednesday. On Monday too, constabulary called the younger lad for questioning. He had earlier told the constabulary that helium was sleeping erstwhile Alagh was murdered. Police said they person questioned different relatives regarding immoderate erstwhile quality oregon disturbance successful the family.