Former cook of tenant held for killing 64-yr-old

Days after a 64-year-old man was brutally murdered inside his Panchsheel Park house, the Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with the crime, with investigators saying that it was a case of a robbery gone wrong.

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According to police, Rohit Kumar was found lying in a pool of blood on Monday morning with 25-30 stab wounds and his throat slit. Kumar lived on the ground floor of a three-storey house, along with his younger son, who is a musician.

His elder son, a restaurateur, lived on the second floor with his family, while the first floor was rented out to tenants, officers said.

On Thursday, police arrested Abhay Sikarwar for the murder. The 25-year-old used to work as a cook for the tenants, before he was fired during the pandemic in 2020, investigators said.

Sikarwar wanted to rob cash and valuables from Kumar's house to repay a loan and rent a flat for his girlfriend, said police.