AAP worker found hacked to death in Outer Delhi’s Begumpur

Police said Dhirendra had gone for a meeting in Nangloi at around 4 pm Sunday along with another AAP worker, Shri Krishna. He had last spoken to his mother at about 7.15 pm, after which his phone remained switched off.

“Krishna had taken him for the meeting. Once it ended, he had dropped Dhirendra at the intersection near Rohini sectors 23 and 24 at about 7 pm,” said a senior officer.

However, his body was found in the field the next morning by an passerby. “We received a call at about 6 am Monday that a severed body was found in a field at Begum Vihar. The body bore both sharp as well as blunt force injuries. The face and private parts were hacked off,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Vikramjit Singh.

He added that police had found Dhirendra’s bike key, wallet and mobile charger on his person, but his phone was missing.

Police are also looking into Krishna’s role and are tracking Dhirendra’s phone.

“We called Krishna in for questioning and have checked his credentials. We are also looking into his call detail records to ascertain his movement Sunday night,” added the officer.

Police are yet to establish if Dhirendra was killed near his house or if his body was dumped in the field after he was killed elsewhere.

“The crime indicates a strong hatred towards the victim… It looks like a case of personal enmity,” said an officer.

Police said the body was sent to Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Medical College for an autopsy. A senior doctor said the postmortem examination took close to five hours.

“There are injuries which appear to have been inflicted by both a sharp and blunt object. There are hacking marks and indications of the body being beaten with a blunt object near the head, abdominal region and below the pelvic region,” he said.

The doctor added that blood loss from the injuries is the likely cause of death, which will be confirmed once the viscera samples have been analysed.