Mob sets fire to murder suspect's house in Delhi

New Delhi: Angered by the murder of a 22-year-old Khalsa College student, about 500 people on Tuesday held protests and set fire on the house of one of the four suspects.

The angry crowds ransacked the Sonia Vihar house of Praveen Nagar, one of those accused of stabbing to death Kamal Singh Rawat on Monday.

According to police, the group, including Rawat's relatives, pelted stones and ransacked the house before setting it on fire. They were angry as no arrests had been made in the case.

Police had to use force to bring the situation under control.

"We have deployed a large number of policemen in the area to avoid any untoward incident. The investigation is on and arrests would be made soon," a police officer said.

According to Delhi Police, Kamal was on his way to college, when four assailants pulled him into a Wagon R car. “He was a B.Com third year student. Four persons pulled him inside a car and beat him up with iron rods. He was kidnapped from near Nanaksar Gurudwara in E-Block in Sonia Vihar,” said a senior police officer requesting anonymity.

“After beating and later stabbing him multiple times, they dropped him near the Usmanpur jungles leaving him to bleed to death,” the officer added.

Some passersby noticed the victim and informed the police, who rushed him to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, where he died during treatment.

Investigations into the matter have led to the police zeroing in on four suspects in the case.

“We have identified Umesh, a mechanic, and his friends Praveen, Bachan and Jagat, who allegedly attacked the victim. We have formed teams to nab them,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police(Northeast) S.S. Yadav. According to police, Umesh, the main accused in the case and the victim got into a fight four months ago.

“Kamal wanted to buy a modified motorcycle. He gave money Umesh to get him one. But the accused could neither get the motorcycle nor did he allegedly give back the money and that's why the fight took place,” said Yadav.

“Later, however, the accused returned the money. Problems again cropped up between them a few days ago and that led to the murder,” Yadav added.

A case of murder has been registered and police are on the lookout for the four accused.