Northwest Delhi murder: Ex-employee conspired with main suspect to ‘rob’ elderly couple, ‘not kill them’

Police said Ravi, however, recommended the accused to the couple and asked them to employ him, police said. Taking his word, as he was an old employee of theirs, the couple accepted the proposal.

“Ravi conspired with the main accused to rob the couple as he knew where the safe was, along with the other jewels and cash. They decided to divide the proceeds,” DCP (Northwest) Bhisham Singh said.

During questioning, a senior police officer said, Ravi claimed he only asked the accused to rob and not to kill the couple.

The bodies were discovered around 10.30 am on Tuesday after the family’s driver told their elder son, Charanpreet Singh, that he had rung the doorbell several times to no response.

The Talwars’ two sons live in the building next door.

“My wife went to inspect and saw their main door was slightly ajar,” Charanpreet told The Indian Express. “She opened the door and saw my mother lying towards the left… my father-sahab was in his room,” he said.

He said they hired an attendant as his father had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s a few months ago and was bedridden. “He needed round-the-clock care and had to take medicines every few hours, even at night…,” Charanpreet added.

On Monday, the couple’s domestic worker allegedly rang the doorbell several times and left when no one answered the door, leading to the late discovery of the bodies. The sons said the family’s driver also had his day off on Monday. They said they couldn’t check on their parents on that day as they were caught up with work.

The Talwars owned readymade garment shops in Paschim Vihar and Kamla Nagar. They are now being handled by their sons, Charanpreet and Manpreet. They also have a daughter, Gurleen Kaur.