Neighbour arrested for Sonepat youth’s murder

A day after finding the body of 21-year-old Aditya of Saandal Kalan village from Munak canal near Haiderpur head in Delhi, the Sonepat police claimed to have solved the kidnapping and murder mystery. The police arrested Aditya’s neighbour Vishwamitra for murdering him and throwing the body into the canal.

Vishwamitra also made a plan of fake kidnapping of the victim to mislead the police as well as family members and villagers.

Prabeena P, DCP Headquarter and DCP East, said “Vishwamitra confessed that he had murdered Aditya on December 10 and threw his body into the canal near Badwasni village. It travelled till Haiderpur head in Delhi and was fished out from there on Friday,” the DCP said.

Aditya went missing on after 2 pm on December 10. On December 11, one of his friends received a video message and a text message. A case was registered at Barhi Industrial police station on December 11.

The police nabbed suspect Vishwamitra from near Sandal Kalan village and grilled him. During the interrogation, he confessed to his involvement in Aditya’s murder.

It was revealed during the investigation that Aditya went to Vishwamitra’s residence at around 2 pm on December 10, where he had an altercation over money, which turned into a fight. During the tussle, Aditya’s head hit a grill and he became unconscious. After that, Vishwamitra murdered him with a rod. He hired a car, put the body in and threw it in the canal around 8 pm, the DCP said.

“As both were friends, Vishwamitra knew the passcode of the victim’s mobile phone. So he sent a message in the night to divert the attention of the police and villagers,” she added.

On December 11, when the villagers were planning to go to the police, he made a fake kidnapping plan, made a long message about kidnapping and sent it from Aditya’s mobile phone. He sent the messages by changing locations, the DCP said. The accused would be produced in court on Sunday, she added.