64-yr-old man stabbed to death in Mayur Vihar flat

NEW DELHI: Unidentified persons barged inside the gated Samachar Apartments in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar and stabbed a 64-year-old man over 10 times on Wednesday

NEW DELHI: Unidentified persons barged inside the gated Samachar Apartments in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar and stabbed a 64-year-old man over 10 times on Wednesday noon.

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This is the fourth case of an elderly citizen being murdered in the last fortnight.

Vijay Kumar, a retired official at the ministry of health, was found lying in a pool of blood in his bedroom by his daughter Ambily.

Kumar’s daughter, who works with Rajya Sabha TV, had come to meet him for lunch.

“His daughter used to have lunch with Kumar every day. When she came home, she found the door ajar. When she did not find him in the drawing room, she went to his bedroom and instead found him in a pool of blood without clothes. Half his body was on the bed and the rest half touching the ground,” a senior police officer said.

“I called him several times but he did not take the call. I got worried and went upstairs to check on him. It is then when I found him lying dead,” his daughter said.

Kumar was to turn 65 on Friday.

Investigating officers said from the brutality of the murder, it appeared to be a case of revenge or enmity.

WAS KILLER KNOWN?

Police said the murderer was someone known to the Kumars because the entry to the house was not forced. The house wasn’t found to be ransacked.

Police sources said three glasses of tea and a plate of biscuits were found on a table. Police are scanning the fingerprints on the glass.

An officer said Kumar was stabbed by a kitchen knife.

“The door’s lock was not broken and the belongings were untouched. Though the keys to the almirah were in the keyhole, the jewellery and cash were not touched. Robbery was not the motive,” an investigator said.

The only thing missing from the home was a TV set. “The killers might have taken the TV set to pose as mechanics who came to the house to pick up the TV set for repair,” Rishi Pal, DCP, east said.

A neighbour said Kumar and his wife Vasundhara, who works with the income-tax department, moved to the colony four months ago. At the time of the murder, Vasundhara was in office. Their daughter lives in the same area.

“The daughter often left her kids with them. They lived in separate flats but used to eat together every day. Today, around 2pm, I heard her shouting for help. When we went to the flat, we found Kumar dead,” a neighbour said.

A forensics team visited the crime scene. “Around three people went to the house. It appears they dressed up the crime scene after killing Kumar. They may have escaped through the terrace by jumping to the other building. We have accessed CCTV footage from the colony gates. We are questioning the security guard at the main entrance, their servant and a driver,” a senior police officer said.

Domestic helps were behind all the three murders of senior citizens in Kalkaji, Paschim Vihar and Dwarka.