HYDERABAD: Assailants who brutally murdered 24-year-old body builder Balram Rahul Singh at the parking lot in the basement of Celebrity Fitness Studio in Hyderguda, Rajendra Nagar, were planning to eliminate him for a long time.
It happened Tuesday evening when Rahul was working out in the gym. The assailants, who posed as zomato delivery boys, were armed with daggers and waited for him at the parking lot in the basement.
When they did not find his car, they decided to postpone their plan. At that moment, 6.25 pm, Rahul came out of the elevator chatting on Instagram with his girlfriend Feroza, police sources said. He messaged that he was on his way to meet her in 15 minutes, police said.
Soon after spotting him, two assailants held him tight while one of them blinded him with pepper spray and red chilli powder. They stabbed him on his chest, lower abdomen and rear side of his neck when he was trying to escape, police sources disclosed. The watchman Yadgiri who tried to stop them was also attacked. He suffered minor stab injuries.
Assailants panicked when Rahul resisted after the dagger’s handle broke after the stabbing. Despite severe bleeding, he walked till the parking entrance gate and collapsed. The killers fled the scene, police sources said.
The murder was preplanned. The assailants had purchased zomato t-shirts, a couple of pepper spray guns and daggers, police said. On recovering Rahul’s mobile phone, police tracked Feroza, sources said
“After the gym trainer informed us we rushed to the scene, where Rahul was lying unconscious in a pool of blood. We took him to a private hospital where doctors after examining him declared him dead,” said Vicky Singh, Rahul’s brother.
The parking place where Rahul was murdered has no CCTV cameras. Police traced and identified the accused through the cameras installed at entrance, police sources disclosed.
Rahul was financially strong and owned a lot of properties. A few months back, had given Rs 4 lakh to Saleem, who instead of returning the amount was threatening Rahul of dire consequences if demanded the money back, Vicky said.
Rajendernagar police collected the victim's blood-stained clothes and registered a case of murder under section 302 IPC. After a post-mortem at Osmania general hospital on Wednesday, his body was handed over to his family members.
Points to remember
The murder was preplanned. The assailants purchased zomato t-shirts and two pepper spray guns
As Rahul had come on his bike, the assailants did not find Rahul’s Creta car in the parking lot and decided to postpone their plan. When they spotted him at the elevator, they decided to stick to the original plan.
Four special teams are looking into all possible angles and motives. Rahul had affairs with many girls. Police are also into possible financial disputes.
