Delhi Police recovered a mutilated body of a 20-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by his friend over pressure by the deceased to have unnatural sex, Delhi Police said on Monday.
The 20-year-old boy was found dead with face crushed, blood on the mouth and scattered around the body and cut mark above an eye, police said.
DCP North Manoj Kumar Meena said on Monday, "On January 19, a PCR call was received at Kashmere Gate police station. The caller stated that a body was lying in an isolated place in DDA Park, Mori Gate, and his face was crushed. The police found that an unknown body was lying unconscious in an isolated place in DDA Park, Mori Gate, Delhi, with blood on his mouth and a cut mark above his eye and blood was scattered around the body."
The victim was identified as Pramod Kumar Shukla, a resident of Village Rudurpura, District Jalon, Uttar Pradesh. He was working at Khoya Mandi in the shop of one Rakesh Tomar and was residing in Rain Basera, situated at Mori Gate near Khoya Mandi, DCP Meena added.
During the investigation, cops scanned more than 50 CCTV cameras near Khoya Mandi, Mori Gate of Kashmere Gate police station, but no clue was found, police said.
While over 100 people were questioned, the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number of the mobile phone of the victim was also extracted, and the IMEI search report was analysed, police said.
During detailed analysis, it was found that one mobile number, which was occasionally used, belonged to Rajesh, a resident of Ghosai Chausa, Madhepura, Bihar.
According to the police, one person came forward during the investigation and stated that the victim was last seen with Rajesh. It was also established that the victim Pramod Kumar Shukla and Rajesh were friends and lived together in Rain Basera, situated near Khoya Mandi at Delhi's Mori Gate, police said.
It was also revealed that a fight took place between Rajesh and the victim Pramod Kumar Shukla on January 17 at DDA Park, Mori Gate. "After that, efforts were made to trace Rajesh to verify the facts and it was revealed that Rajesh had left the area on January 17 and gone to an unknown place," police said.
On the basis of technical surveillance, Rajesh's mobile number was obtained and he was subsequently apprehended from Bihar's Patna on January 26 and was then brought to Kashmere Gate police station for interrogation.
During interrogation, the accused, Rajesh Kumar, confessed that the victim Pramod Kumar Shukla was his friend and used to pressure him to have unnatural sex with him, which forced him to his murder.
On January 17, he along with the victim was drinking beer at an isolated place in DDA Park, behind Khoya Mandi. The victim Shukla started pressuring him to have unnatural sex with him. No other person was present in DDA Park, police said, adding that when he denied having unnatural sex, a fight took place between him and Pramod Kumar Shukla, leading to the murder, the DCP said.
After murdering him, he took out Rs 18,500 and his mobile from his pocket. Rajesh sold victim's mobile phone for Rs 400 at Old Delhi Railway Station. After that, he went to Punjab's Amritsar via train to evade arrest.
After reaching Amritsar he purchased a mobile phone for Rs 10,000. The same amount, along with the cash memo slip of the mobile phone has been recovered from the dealer of the mobile phone, police said.
