New Delhi: Two persons, one of whom is a resident of Shillong, were arrested in connection with the twin murders in South Delhi’s Munirka.
Mini Sangma, a resident of Shillong and a spa worker, was arrested on Saturday morning from a guest house in the Capital, Delhi police said. The woman also led police, who are looking for two more accused in the case, to the murder weapons, a khukhri and a chopper.
The police claimed to have cracked the cases of the brutal murder of two women roommates in Munirka and rejected the reports that a ‘serial killer’ was on the prowl. Of the four accused, one is the husband of one of the victims and is still absconding.
The bodies of the two women were found in Vasant Vihar and Munirka areas of Delhi on November 18 and 25, respectively. One of the bodies, wrapped in a polythene sheet, was found outside a temple in Vasant Vihar on November 18 while a headless body was found in a sewer in Munirka village on November 25.
Besides these two bodies, some more bodies were found with similar injury marks during the same time that hinted towards the possibility of a serial killer. However, R.P Upadhyay, Joint Commissioner of Police (Southeast), rejected the serial killer theory. On November 26, the headless body was identified as that of Sushma Rai, a resident of Assam, by her former boyfriend.
The victims were in touch with a group of persons, identified as Jeevan, Govind and Arjun, who provided logistical and financial support to the duo. Jeevan, who was arrested on Friday, told police that Mini was in a live-in relationship with Arjun and taking care of his kids, from an earlier marriage. However, Arjun, who used to look after Rai’s savings, knew the victim had a liking for him. “A day after Karwa Chauth, he clandestinely married Rai at Kalkaji Mandir and convinced her that from now on, their assets and liabilities were common and she shouldn’t be asking for her dues which came to around Rs 2.5-3 lakh,” the officer said.
Later Rai sent wedding pictures to Mini on WhatsApp to make her jealous and that enraged Mini to the extent that she hatched a plan to get Rai killed. Mini instigated the trio and also put a condition before Arjun asking him to choose between her and Rai. A plan was hatched in East Delhi and Arjun murdered Rai on the intervening night of November 16 and 17, beheaded her and dumped one of the parts in a sewer.
They also decided to eliminate the other woman Nayesha, who hailed from Nepal, since she knew about Arjun and Rai’s marriage and had also been asking the latter to have a court marriage. Both the women were freelance beauticians.
“The trio thought that she might spill the beans. After the murders, it was decided that Arjun and Govind would leave for Nepal while Jeevan would stay back to monitor the situation.
“The trio had plans to shift to a southern city. Since Mini was not present at the spot of the murders, she also stayed back in Delhi and had plans to go to the southern city in a few days’ time,” said Upadhyay.
Police are trying to arrest Arjun and Govind, who are suspected to be in Nepal and also recover the missing head, the officer added. (PTI)
