Cops finally crack 8-yr-old Balbir Vihar murder case

Eight years after an 18-year old woman was found murdered with her head smashed with a blunt object, Delhi Police finally nabbed her killer from Balbir Vihar at Kirari Suleman Nagar on Tuesday.

A senior police official said that Bijender had killed Aarti and disposed of her body with help from his associate Rahul, who was also arrested.

After killing Aarti, Bijender tried to carry her body to Najafgarh in a cab.

When the cab driver asked him about the woman, Bijender had claimed she was possessed by evil spirits and he was taking her for an exorcism.

The case came to light on September 24, 2008, when Aarti's body, wearing a yellow suit, was found lying in the bushes near Najafgarh's Surakhpur Road.

As her face was crushed, police were unable to identify her. As her features were similar to that of women from the hilly states, police teams were deputed to Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Nepal.

Yet no headway was made.

However, on March 11, the local police station got information that Rahul would come near the BDO office in Najafgarh in the evening.

The local police constituted a team which reached the spot and arrested Rahul upon identification.

Based on information from Rahul, Bijender was nabbed too.

Crime Branch investigators found that Bijender and Aarti were in a relationship with each other in 2006 and began living together in 2008.

However, a few months later a dispute arose between them and Bijender strangulated her to death, a senior police official said.

Later, he contacted Aarti's parents and told them that she ran off with another man.

He also sent a letter signed in her name to convince them, the official added.