To Escape Jail, Man Kills Labourer, Sets Face on Fire to Fake His Death
A 36-year-old man jailed in the murder of his minor daughter was held on Sunday after he attempted to fake his own death by killing a mason in a bid to avoid going back to prison after parole, Ghaziabad police said.
The man was arrested from northeast Delhi’s Karawal Nagar for killing a mason with a club. The Loni Border Police also arrested the man’s wife for being an accomplice in the act.
The accused couple has been identified as Sudesh Kumar and his wife Anupama of Shiv Vihar Colony in Karawal Nagar area. Kumar had earlier been to jail in connection with the murder of his minor daughter in March 2018. He was released on parole during COVID pandemic under a certain rule. According to police, Kumar allegedly threw her body in an abandoned plot after killing her and filed a complaint of kidnapping with the police to mislead investigation. But when police found inconsistencies in his testimony, he was arrested and sent to jail.
Out on parole, he decided to fake his death to avoid going back to prison for murder, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Iraj Raja told reporters. To fake his death, Kumar hired a mason and a helper for repair work in his house. He chose one of the two men who resembled him in height and built as his victim.
On the basis of information in the Aadhaar card, police reached his home in Delhi and asked his wife to identify the body and she, according to the conspiracy hatched, identified it as her husband’s. Police arrested both and recovered the wooden leg and cycle used in murdering Ravidas and transporting his body.
