Tenant Kills Landlord, Takes Selfie With Body

A man has been arrested for allegedly murdering his landlord with a hammer, after a scuffle over drinking, Delhi Police says.

The accused was caught and arrested after a man Jagdish: identified as the deceased son, alleged that his father Suresh was killed by Pankaj Kumar Sahni who then fled the scene.

According to the police, the crime was reported at Mangolpuri Police station on August 10. Jagdish, in his complaint, had alleged that his father had brought Sahni home a few days ago and had rented his second floor to him.

“On August 9, Pankaj went out and came drunk in the evening, following which a scuffle took place between Suresh and Pankaj which was eventually pacified when the latter apologized to the owners of the house,” Sameer Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) said.

On August 10, Sahni called Jagdish, who was away from home, and told him that he had left the house the previous night as his father used indecent words and highly filthy language against him.

According to Indian Times, Jagadish however, found the call suspicious and immediately rushed to his father’s house, where he found his father lying unconscious with his head bleeding.

“A PCR call was received at PS Mangolpuri at 06.41 am in which he reported about the killing of a person with a head injury. Upon receipt of the call, the staff of PS Mangolpuri reached the spot immediately where a person was lying unconscious bleeding from his head on the first floor of the house. The police team immediately called the mobile Crime team and FSL teams at the spot and the scene of the crime was inspected and photographed,” the DCP said.

According to the police, Sahni escaped from the spot with the mobile phone, ID card, and other belongings of the deceased.

What followed next was a cat and mouse game across Delhi, with Sahni frequently changing his location and the cops following him based on his mobile location.

“The location was initially traced out to be at Anand Parbat, Delhi. But till the team reached there, the accused changed his location to RK Ashram, Metro Station. From there, in order to dupe police, the accused boarded the metro towards Faridabad, then again came back to Kashmiri Gate. He again boarded the metro and reached Ballabhgarh. The team kept following him and also reached Ballabhgarh, but he could not be traced out there. After which his location was traced out to be at New Delhi Railway Station, from where he boarded a train and reached Rohtak, Haryana. The team also reached Rohtak following the accused but he could not be traced. Finally, after some time his location came out to be in the Mangolpuri Industrial area and immediately the team nabbed him from there. The team succeeded in capturing the accused after a long chase of about 250 km,” the police informed.

During the interrogation, Sahni revealed that he was an alcohol addict whose wife had left him. He also told the police that on August 9, Suresh had used abusive words against him after he came home drunk. The landlord also asked Sahni to leave the house but allowed him to stay after he apologized.

Later on the same night, both Sahni and Suresh consumed liquor together and after the latter fell asleep, the accused hit him with a hammer.

Sahni also told the police that he took a selfie and shot a video with the dead body before leaving the spot with Suresh’s mobile, documents and cash.

What a wicked world!