A mother-daughter duo was murdered by two cousins for their money. The daughter was differently-abled and was being tutored by one of the men. The plan was code-named ‘Mission Malamal’.
A 64-year-old woman and her daughter were murdered and their valuable possessions were looted by two accused individuals, who have been arrested, in East Delhi’s Krishna Nagar on Sunday. The two had code-named their plan – ‘Mission Malamal’, according to the police.
The two arrested have been identified as Kishan, 28, and his cousin Ankit Kumar Singh, 25. Both are hail Bihar’s Siwan district, police said, according to a PTI report. Kishan had been staying in Laxmi Nagar and Singh is a singer who was in fact composing lyrics and music for an upcoming film on a over-the-top platform, the police informed.
It is suspected that they got influenced by web series where they learnt how the police works. However, nothing concrete can be said at this point of time as the matter is under investigation, they said.
The accused cousins were inspired by a web series that apparently showed them how the police works. The police were informed on Wednesday about a foul smell coming from a flat on the first floor of a building in Krishna Nagar’s E block after which they reached the spot. Upon arrival, they found the two dead bodies and the house completely ransacked.
After analysing over 200 cameras to trace the entry and exit routes of the accused persons, the police found the duo entering a house after they allegedly murdered the two women. The house they entered belonged to the main accused Kishan, Deputy Commissioner of Police of Shahdara Rohit Meena was quoted saying. Kishan had fled his home after he learnt that the bodies of the women were found, Meena said.
The police arrested Ankit Kumar Singh near BD Estate in Timarpur in New Delhi. Kishan’s movement were traced in Lucknow. The two accused had switched off their phones after they got to know that they were being chased by the police. Kishan was arrested from Kanti Nagar area just before he was planning to surrender before the, the DCP informed.
The two were initially planning to flee to Bihar and from there to Assam. Kishan was working as a marketing manager in a firm that deals in medical equipment, police interrogation revealed. He got in touch with Rajrani after registering himself in a website that offers tutor service. Rajrani needed a computer for her differently-abled daughter, Meena said.
Slowly Kishan gained the trust of the two women as he used visit their house to teach her daughter. Rajrani and her daughter wanted to shift to a new home and they shared their bank details with Kishan who they had asked for help. With the details, Kishan found out that there was over Rs 50 Lakh in their accounts. That is when he made a plan to kill the two, DCP Meena informed.
After failing to transfer the money from the victims’ back accounts to some other accounts because net banking and ATM facility was not available in those accounts, Kishan on May 17 hatched a plan to loot them and the conspiracy – “Misson Malamal”. Kishan enlisted the help of cousin Ankit Kumar Singh who came to Delhi from Assam where he had gone to attend his sister’s wedding.