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Delhi Police arrest Govindpuri mother-son double murder accused after brief encounter
The mother and her son were found dead with multiple stab injuries inside their house in Govindpuri early on May 21.
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The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a man after a brief exchange of fire in connection with the murder of a woman and her teenage son in Southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri on May 20, officers said.
The accused, identified as Saurabh, was intercepted by the Anti-Narcotics Squad in the Ghati Park area, where he was allegedly consuming drugs.
The police said that when the team had surrounded the accused and asked him to surrender, he allegedly opened fire at the police party.
The arrest comes two days after Sharda Sahu, 38, and her son, Kushal, 13, were found dead with multiple stab injuries inside their house in Govindpuri’s Gali No. 10. The bodies were discovered early on May 21 after Sharda’s husband, Vishnu Sahu, returned home from work and found the front door latched from the outside.
Cash and jewellery worth several lakhs were missing from the house, prompting investigators to probe the case as a suspected robbery-cum-murder.
“During the encounter, the accused allegedly fired four rounds at the police team. In retaliatory action, the police shot him in the leg before overpowering and arresting him,” a senior police officer said.
Crime and forensic teams had examined the crime scene, while multiple police teams were formed to trace the accused, the officer said.
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The police said further investigation is underway to establish the sequence of events and the motive behind the killings.
© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd
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