Palwal man kills 52-year-old over mother’s 2023 murder, surrenders

Police said the accused fired two bullets and stabbed the victim after an argument. Six others named in the case are yet to be arrested.

A 19-year-old man was detained after he surrendered at the Camp police station in Palwal and allegedly killed a 52-year-old man whom he accused of murdering his mother in 2023, police said.

The accused allegedly placed a country-made pistol and three live cartridges on a police officer’s table after surrendering late Saturday. (File photo)

According to police, the accused walked into the police station late on Saturday, placed a country-made pistol and three live cartridges on an officer’s table and told police that he had avenged his mother’s murder. Police said he was being questioned, while teams were conducting raids to arrest six others named in the case.

The incident took place on Saturday in Jawahar Nagar Camp, where the 52-year-old man was sitting outside his house when the accused arrived with several others, police said. An argument broke out between the two over the longstanding dispute, following which the accused allegedly fired two bullets at the man and stabbed him multiple times, an investigator said.

The victim was allegedly murdered in retaliation for the death of the accused’s mother in 2023. During questioning, the 19-year-old allegedly told police that the victim had killed his mother following an argument over the construction of a speed breaker in their locality, officers said. Police have not established the allegation against the victim independently.

However, the victim’s wife gave a different account of what happened after the attack. According to an officer, she told police that the attackers also attempted to throw her and her grandchildren from the terrace. She further alleged that her husband was alive when police reached the spot and that, despite her requests, he was not immediately taken to hospital. She said the family eventually took him to the hospital in an e-rickshaw.

Based on the wife’s complaint, police registered a case under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against the 19-year-old accused and six others at the Camp police station.

The victim had been out on bail for around five months to take care of his wife, who has been unwell for a long time, his family members said.

Police said the 19-year-old had been detained and was being questioned, while teams were conducting raids to arrest the remaining accused.