The police on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly killing his 50-year-old mother a month ago after she refused to give him money for buying drugs in northeast Delhi’s Meet Nagar. The arrested man allegedly attacked his mother with a pestle.
Man grows Beard, lives as Homeless to avoid Arrest
According to the investigators, in order to avoid getting identified and arrested, the man identified as Ashutosh (single name) had changed his look by growing a long beard and moustache. He was living like a homeless in Uttar Pradesh’s Modi Nagar, from where he was arrested. As per the police official, Ashutosh used to live outside temples, railway stations and beg for food and clothes.
Deputy commissioner of police (northeast) Ved Prakash Surya said, “On September 17, the Jyoti Nagar police received information from Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital that an assault victim, identified as Shiksha Devi had been admitted to the hospital in a serious condition by one of her sons, named Mukul.”
He further said, “The woman had been brutally assaulted with a blunt object. She was in serious condition and unconscious. Four days later, she succumbed. The woman’s other son, Ashutosh, was found to be absconding. He was our prime suspect, as CCTV footage showed him being the last person to have visited the house before the woman was found unconscious.”
DCP Surya also added that through the suspect’s friends and relatives, it was learned that he was a drug addict and often found wandering outside temples in Delhi, Haridwar, Modi Nagar, and other places. More than 3,000 pamphlets having the suspect’s photo and details were pasted in such areas.
Surya also added, “The investigating team received information that the suspect was seen in Modi Nagar on Monday. Five teams reached there and began a search operation. After five to six hours, the police identified and nabbed Ashutosh, who had grown his beard and hair. “He confessed to the crime when interrogated and also led us to the place where he had thrown the pestle used to kill his mother.”
He also said that Ashutosh revealed that on September 17 around 10.30 am, he had asked his mother to give him some money. However, despite asking repeated times, his mother did not respond, because she was praying. This irked Ashutosh and he picked up a pestle and hit her on the head several times until she fell unconscious. Ashutosh later panicked and fled.
