A 42-year-old woman and her teenage son were found murdered at their home in Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar late on Wednesday, police said on Thursday. The suspect, Mukesh, 24, who worked at the family’s shop in a nearby market, was arrested from a train at Uttar Pradesh’s Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction.
Police said the prime suspect was a helper at the shop the family ran in a nearby market. (Shutterstock)
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Deputy police commissioner Hemant Tiwari said the bodies of Ruchika Sewani and her son, 14, were found in their bedroom and the washroom.
Police said Ruchika Sewani’s husband, Kuldeep Sewani, called the control room at 9:43pm, saying there was blood on the staircase leading to their house and his wife and son were not responding to his calls and not opening the door.
A police team rushed to the scene and broke the door that was locked from the outside. Ruchika Sewani and her son were found murdered with visible injuries. “Prime suspect in the case is Mukesh, who used to work at Kuldeep Sewani’s garment shop in Lajpat Nagar market. He used to live in Amar Colony and is originally from Bihar,” Tiwari said.
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Police said a murder case has been registered, and a further probe is underway
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Police said a murder case has been registered, and a further probe is underway
Hemani Bhandari is a Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times in New Delhi, where she reports on crime, policing, governance and social issues. With over a decade of experience in journalism, she specialises in combining on-ground reporting with evidence-based storytelling to examine the human impact of public policy, law enforcement and urban governance. Over the years, she has reported extensively on major developments in the capital, including crime investigations, civic challenges, protests, and issues affecting vulnerable communities. As a Special Correspondent, she focuses on producing exclusive investigations, enterprise stories and long-form features that go beyond daily news cycles. She has a keen interest in using public records, official data and field reporting to uncover systemic issues and present complex subjects in an accessible manner. A graduate of the Asian College of Journalism, Hemani believes in rigorous, ethical and evidence-based reporting. She is passionate about investigative journalism and continuously seeks to expand her skills in data journalism, open-source investigations and digital reporting techniques.
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