Jeweller stabbed to death in Delhi’s Karolbagh, 1 arrested

The PCR of Delhi Police received a call on Wednesday regarding the stabbing incident in Beadanpura area of Delhi’s Karolbagh. Delhi Police on Thursday morning arrested a man in connection with the case of stabbing his 42-year-old jeweller employer on Wednesday night. According to Sanjay Kumar Sain, the deputy commissioner of police (central), the police […]

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The PCR of Delhi Police received a call on Wednesday regarding the stabbing incident in Beadanpura area of Delhi’s Karolbagh. Delhi Police on Thursday morning arrested a man in connection with the case of stabbing his 42-year-old jeweller employer on Wednesday night.

According to Sanjay Kumar Sain, the deputy commissioner of police (central), the police received a PCR call at the Karol Bagh station around 10.45 PM on Wednesday regarding a stabbing incident on the third floor of a house in Beadanpura area.

“The police team immediately reached the spot and found a person, later identified as Pratap Jadhav, lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds. The deceased hailed from Ghoti village in Sangli district of Maharashtra. Forensic teams were later called to inspect the crime scene,” he said. The officials also disclosed that three are still at larger and the teams are trying to nab them.  

During the investigation police found that the jeweller used to supply gold to other gold retailers in the area. “The police recovered ₹39.50 lakh in cash from the place. Four suspects were seen near the crime scene in the CCTV footage analysed by the police. Upon further verification, it emerged that of them, two were employees of the deceased and they have been identified as Ganesh Kumar and Sudeep Kamble. Kamble, a resident of Tikota village in Vijayput district of Karnataka, has been arrested, while the other three are still at large. Several teams have been deployed to nab the other suspects,” Sain said.

A case has been registered for murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code at Karol Bagh police station.