Delhi tattoo artist beheaded by friends with coconut choppers after he refused to return money

The headless body of 22-year-old Babloo Kumar was found in the bushes at a vacant plot in Mayur Vihar on Sunday. Officials said that all the accused in the case has been arrested. They have been identified as Prashant Mishra (25), Ankit Sharma (19) and Inderjeet alias Bobby (27).

A Delhi tattoo artist was beheaded by three friends with coconut choppers after he refused to return the money he borrowed from them, police said on Tuesday.

One of the accused, Prashant Mishra, who was a stockbroker had lent Babloo some money which he had refused to repay. The other two — Bobby and Ankit — also had a fallout with Babloo over money as they were all addicts. (Getty Images/Picture for representation)

The headless body of 22-year-old Babloo Kumar was found in the bushes at a vacant plot in Mayur Vihar on Sunday. Officials on Tuesday said that all the accused in the case has been arrested. The accused have been identified as Prashant Mishra (25), Ankit Sharma (19) and Inderjeet alias Bobby (27), they said.

Babloo’s brother Sonu told police that he left home on December 10 and did not return. Initially, Sonu did not suspect anything wrong since his brother used to often stay away for several days without informing anyone, Pankaj Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (east) said.

However, on Sunday, Sonu told his neighbours about his brother and asked them for help in finding him. They then found his beheaded body with multiple injuries at a vacant plot near their house Sunday afternoon, he said.

A case was registered and police started investigation. Babloo’s friends Bobby, Prashant and Ankit who were last seen with him on December 10, were then interrogated, the officer added. Initially, the trio told police that they met him in the evening and later Babloo left without telling them where he was going, he said.

One of the accused, Mishra, who was a stockbroker had lent Babloo some money which he had refused to repay. The other two — Bobby and Ankit — also had a fallout with Babloo over money as they were all addicts, he said.

The trio then hatched a plan to kill Babloo by luring him into the abandoned plot on the pretext of a party, he added.

Mishra had arranged two coconut choppers. The trio had planned that once Babloo was drunk enough they would kill him using the choppers and leave the body to rot, he said. They were arrested and their blood stained clothes along with the coconut choppers were also found, he added.