Juvenile held after murder and rape of 25-year-old

Delhi Police have arrested a juvenile in connection with the murder and gang-rape of a 25-year-old woman in North-west Delhi’s Mukundpur area on Sunday. The victim was sexually assaulted even after she was killed by the juvenile along with another man. Police are trying to find the other accused who was also a part of the heinous crime. He has been identified as Abhimanyu. Police 

have recovered the victim’s mobile phone and the vehicle used in the crime.

According to the police, on November 28, the victim’s cousin registered a complaint that his sister was missing from her rented accommodation in the Mukundpur area while her parents went away to their native place. The complainant stated that the woman’s neighbour saw two unidentified men kidnapping his sister at around 3 am in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

Teams were formed and the woman’s body was later found in a forest area, half naked, near Bhalswa Dairy. Based on local intelligence and tip-off from informers, police found that the suspect was a juvenile who lived three houses away from the victim’s house.

During sustained interrogation, the juvenile admitted to the crime and revealed about the involvement of Abhimanyu (22). The juvenile narrated how they entered the victim’s house on the first floor by climbing through the adjoining roof of the other houses. They left their house at around 1.30 am in inebriated condition and reached the victim’s house knowing that she was alone. They parked their vehicle outside the house and entered the room where she was sleeping.