Delhi Police claims 'blind' murder case solved: 3 held

Delhi Police today claimed to have solved a "blind" murder case with the arrest of two adults and a juvenile for allegedly stabbing to death a student after a scuffle over sharing of a cigarette between them last month.

The police initially had to struggle to solve the murder case of the 21-year-old software graphic student, who was killed on March 21 in Subhash Place area in northwest Delhi.

There was no evidence, Aslam Khan, deputy commissioner of police (northwest district), said.

He said the case was "totally blind without any evidence".

However yesterday, the police arrested Irshad (19) and Vishal (22) and apprehended a juvenile in connection with the case. Blood-stained clothes have been recovered from them.

The first clue the police received was when the victim's friends told the department that a scuffle had broken out between the accused and the student over sharing of a cigarette on that night.

The scuffle turned ugly and the student was stabbed, Khan said, adding, the victim succumbed on his way to a hospital.

According to the police, the team formed to investigate the case had only one clue: the accused were on a motorbike.

Footage from nearly 100 CCTV cameras were scanned to locate the bike. The team focused on the area where the bike was last seen in one of the videos and arrested the three persons, the police said.

After sustained interrogation, the accused confessed to the crime. They are residents of JJ Colony Shakurpur in Delhi.

The accused have been charged with murder, robbery and robbery with an attempt to cause death or grievous injury.