Man clobbered to death with stone

New Delhi: A man was beaten to death with stone in Sangam Vihar area in South Delhi. Police claimed that the accused then chopped his body and dumped it in the forest areas.

Police identified the accused as Akash, a resident of Sangam Vihar area. "On 7 March around 2 am they received credible information about the murder case in the forested areas of street number 12 in Shooting Range road," said police sources. They further added that the team nabbed the accused from Sangam Vihar and during questioning he claimed that he had killed one Saroj who lives in F2 block (Sangam Vihar) by beating him with stone.

Police further stated that after killing he disposed of the body into pieces and hide it inside the pit in the forested areas. The staff took the accused to forest and started searching. "There were marks of dragging and the blood stain on the ground. Later the accused pointed through the weapon of offence "stone", said police sources adding that the accused told them that after killing he dragged the body of the Saroj.

Moving further police team found that there were fresh mud and stone inside the pit. "After removing mud and stone a sack was found containing the body pieces including the head, legs," police said.

Police further claimed that the accused had some personal enmity with the deceased. "Three years ago he was beaten up by the deceased and to take revenge of that incident he hatched the murder plan," police said.

A case under sections 302 and 201 of IPC registered.