Woman and son murder cracked, 2 held in Delhi

New Delhi: With the arrest of two accused, the Delhi police on Monday claimed to solve a murder case of a woman and her son wit-hin 8 hours of the crime at  Seemapuri area. The accused allegedly killed the woman and her son in Seemapuri area of Shahdara when she asked one of the accused to repay a Rs 25,000 loan taken from her, the police said.

Bodies of the woman, Veena Malhotra (45), and her son, Ravi, aged around 20, with multiple stab injuries on their abdomen and neck, were found at their house on Saturday.

CCTV footage installed in the building where the duo stayed showed two men entering it. From that, one Ankit was identified and called for questioning.

During interrogation, Ankit revealed that he and his friend Amit had killed the woman and her son on August 17 as he was was being pressured to repay the loan he had taken from Veena through Ravi, the DCP said.

The accused also wanted to steal money and jewellery from the house as Ankit was under the impression that Veena Malhotra would be having some jewellery, the police officer said.

However they found no cash and jewellery in the house. So they took away Ravi’s motorcycle to sell it, she said.

Ankit, a resident of Nandnagri area here, and the woman’s son were batchmates in a computer course a year ago. Both the accused have been arrested, the police said.