NC leader murder: Jammu native arrested

Delhi | Wednesday | 15th September, 2021

Summary:

New Delhi, Sep 14 (PTI) A Jammu native allegedly involved in the murder of a 67-year-old National Conference leader, whose highly decomposed body was found in a flat at Moti Nagar in West Delhi, has been arrested.

Identifying the arrested accused as Rajender Chaudhary alias Raju Ganja, a driver by profession, the police said he is suspected to be involved in the conspiracy to murder NC leader Trilochan Singh Wazir.

Chaudhary was present in the flat on the day of the murder, a senior police official said.

Wazir was found dead in a flat in West Delhi’s Moti Nagar on Thursday morning.

The investigation into this case of murder has been transferred to the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch and the Special Cell has been asked to assist in the probe.

Wazir’s decomposed body with a plastic bag enveloping his head was found in a washroom of the flat, the police said, adding the flat had been taken on rent by his acquaintance Harpreet Singh (31), an Amritsar native.