Enmity, sudden provocations behind most murders in Capital
New Delhi: Enmity has resulted in 19.29 per cent of murder in the National Capital in 2018. The current year has witnessed more than 350 murders and during the investigation, the reason behind the killings was found to be passion related, property, money dispute, family reasons and sudden provocation.
The Delhi Police data accessed by the Millennium Post claimed that till September 15, around 337 murders took place in the city and further analysis by the investigating agency revealed that in 18.69 per cent cases, the reason was a sudden provocation whereas in 5.04 per cent cases, murder took place because of the monetary dispute. "Property related issues led to 2.97 percentage of the killings whereas the family related disputes led to 13.35 per cent murders," claimed the data. Passion-related murder was around 10.09 per cent whereas unidentified dead bodies was 6.53 per cent. Rest of the murders were related to different types of crime.
Recently, in Central Delhi district, a 55-year-old woman and her relative were murdered in Paharganj area of Central Delhi. Police arrested the accused who claimed that he attacked them in a fit of rage while they were sleeping and fled the spot. In Dwarka, a 23-year-old youth was stabbed after he refused the accused to give bidi without payment. In another case, the reason behind the murder of the financier in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar was a loan which the accused was unable to pay to the deceased who usually insulted him on this issue.
In April this year, Delhi Police claimed that they have arrested two persons and apprehended a juvenile, who were involved in the murder of a 21-year-old software graphic designer from North West Delhi. The city police further claimed that the reason behind the murder was that the victim refused to share his cigarette with the accused. In another case, Dwarka district police claimed that they have solved the murder case of a woman and her 17-year-old son after they arrested the brother-in-law of the deceased who killed him for the property dispute.
