Cracking a blind murder case, Gurugram police have arrested two men for the alleged murder of a 45-year-old man whose body was found near a canal here a week ago, officials said on Tuesday.
The body of the deceased, identified as Inder Sahni, was found near the Chandu canal on May 7 and his family believed he died of drowning, police said. However, the post-mortem report revealed that Sahni had died due to strangulation, following which an FIR was registered under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (concealment of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code at the Rajendra Park police station, they said. Investigation into the matter led police to two suspects, Sahdev Chaddha (26) and Dinesh (23), who were friends.
The duo, both residents of Gurugram, were arrested on May 12 from Chituni village in Siddharth Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, police said. During interrogation, the accused told the police that he had argued with Sahni over swimming in the canal, after which they killed him by strangling him with a rope. Sahni, originally from Samastipur in Bihar, was staying with his family in Ram Vihar near Dhanwapur village, police said. Sharing details about the incident, Shiv Archan Sharma, ACP (City), said, “The arrested accused are friends and while bathing in the canal they came across Sahni who did not know how to swim.
Chaddha was taking a bath on the banks of the canal when Sahni asked him to take him inside the canal, but he refused.” “When Sahni kept forcing him repeatedly, an argument broke out between them and Chaddha’s friend Dinesh killed Sahni. strangling him. He tied him with a rope and pushed him into the canal. After this, the duo fled from the spot in a car,” he added. The accused were taken into police custody for three days and interrogation was continuing, the ACP reported, adding that a Maruti Swift car, two mobile phones were found. and a rope.
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