Delhi: Man murders friend to blackmail, extort money from another person
During interrogation, it emerged that accused, identified as Dhirender, was earlier involved in two murders.
New Delhi: A man allegedly murdered his friend in northwest Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy area so that he could blackmail and extort money from another person in Bulandshahr framing him for the murder, police said on Friday.
The accused, identified as Dhirender, has been arrested. During interrogation, it emerged that he was earlier involved in two murders. Dhirender, a native of Bulandshahr, is married and has two children.
On Tuesday, Dhirender called his friend Sonu for a party at a secluded area and made him drink whiskey for long. Once drunk, he made Sonu call up a woman known to him and say inappropriate things to her. Dhirender made sure that Sonu switches on his phone recorder before making the call, police said.
The woman handed over the phone to her husband, Surender, who could easily make out that a drunk man was harassing his wife over phone. Surender threatened Sonu of dire consequences if he called up his wife again.
During interrogation, it came to light that Surender was the actual target of accused Dhirender, a senior police official said.
Once the call was disconnected, Dhirender allegedly hacked Sonu to death, skillfully took out his mobile's memory card, which contained the phone recording, and left in his pocket a letter expressing love for the woman (Surender's wife) whom he had just called.
Police found Sonu's body the next morning and registered a case of murder. Sonu's brother told police that he had left home for a meeting with his friend Dhirender. A police team was sent for Dhirender and it emerged that he was missing, police said.
A team was sent to Bulandshahr too and it emerged that Dhirender had come home that day but did not stay there. He was finally arrested yesterday from Swaroop nagar area, DCP (northwest) Vijay Singh said.
During interrogation, he told police that he possessed the audio recording of the last telephonic conversation among Sonu, Surender and his wife, which includes the threat given to Sonu.
With the help of that, he was trying to extort money from Surender and his brother, also residents of Bulandshahr and known to him for years, but did not succeed so far.