10 days on, serial killer guard held for teen's murder

Faridabad, January 10

A 54-year-old security guard arrested in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old girl here recently is a serial killer, the police said.

A police spokesman said the accused, identified as Singhraj of Jasana village who worked as a security guard at a private hospital, had allegedly strangled the girl to death on December 31. He was arrested on Saturday.

The victim, according to cops, was known to him and was called by the accused on pretext of some work on the day he allegedly killed her. The police said Singhraj strangled her after she resisted his attempt of molestation and dumped the body in the bushes near a canal.

Though initially a missing case had been registered, the police had booked the accused for murder now. Claiming that the accused had been suffering from a mentality similar to that of a psycho killer, the police said the accused had admitted to killing three minor girls in 2019, 2020 and 2021. — TNS