<p>Five people, including two women, beat up and burnt alive a 50-year-old businessman inside his shop in west Delhi’s Khyala on Friday, over a dispute on setting up a temporary stall outside shop.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Vijay Arora, who runs a spare parts business in market at T Block in Khyala area came to his shop at around 7: 45 am. Police received a call at around 8:30 am at police control regarding a fire inside an auto parts shop. <br /><br />“A along with fire tenders, we rushed to the spot and found that smoke was emitting from inside the shop,” a senior police officer said. <br /><br />“The fire tenders doused the flames after which they discovered a charred body of a man,” added the officer.<br /><br />A case of murder has been registered at the Khyala police station and the body has been sent for a post-mortem.<br /><br />Police said the victim’s son made the call when he reached the shop and saw fumes coming out of the shop.<br /><br />Scuffle<br /><br />During investigation, it was found that two women ran a stall of earthen utensils outside Arora's shop. But for the last past few months, Arora had stopped them from putting up the stall because of which they had many arguments. <br /><br />On Diwali, November 13, they had a scuffle but the argument was later settled by the local shopkeepers. <br /><br />Arora owned three shops in the same lane but the owners of a few nearby shops had encroached upon the common passage and had allowed vendors to set up temporary stalls.<br /><br />“Today, all five accused came to Arora’s shop and indulged in a heated argument,” said the officer. <br /><br />The argument turned ugly and they first bashed up Arora and then pushed him <br />inside the shop. <br /><br />“They then allegedly poured kerosene on him and set him and the shop on fire and closed the shutter from outside, and fled from the scene,” said the officer. <br /><br />A police crime team and a forensic team visited the spot to collect evidence. <br /><br />Meanwhile, hunt is on for the five accused, who have been identified as Chandrakanta and Krishna, both women in fifties, and three youths Puran, Chaman and Raj.<br /><br />“Various teams have been sent to possible hideouts. We are investigating into the matter and looking for eyewitnesses. So far no one has come forward,” said the officer.<br /><br />Arora is survived by his wife and three children.<br /></p>
<p>Five people, including two women, beat up and burnt alive a 50-year-old businessman inside his shop in west Delhi’s Khyala on Friday, over a dispute on setting up a temporary stall outside shop.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Vijay Arora, who runs a spare parts business in market at T Block in Khyala area came to his shop at around 7: 45 am. Police received a call at around 8:30 am at police control regarding a fire inside an auto parts shop. <br /><br />“A along with fire tenders, we rushed to the spot and found that smoke was emitting from inside the shop,” a senior police officer said. <br /><br />“The fire tenders doused the flames after which they discovered a charred body of a man,” added the officer.<br /><br />A case of murder has been registered at the Khyala police station and the body has been sent for a post-mortem.<br /><br />Police said the victim’s son made the call when he reached the shop and saw fumes coming out of the shop.<br /><br />Scuffle<br /><br />During investigation, it was found that two women ran a stall of earthen utensils outside Arora's shop. But for the last past few months, Arora had stopped them from putting up the stall because of which they had many arguments. <br /><br />On Diwali, November 13, they had a scuffle but the argument was later settled by the local shopkeepers. <br /><br />Arora owned three shops in the same lane but the owners of a few nearby shops had encroached upon the common passage and had allowed vendors to set up temporary stalls.<br /><br />“Today, all five accused came to Arora’s shop and indulged in a heated argument,” said the officer. <br /><br />The argument turned ugly and they first bashed up Arora and then pushed him <br />inside the shop. <br /><br />“They then allegedly poured kerosene on him and set him and the shop on fire and closed the shutter from outside, and fled from the scene,” said the officer. <br /><br />A police crime team and a forensic team visited the spot to collect evidence. <br /><br />Meanwhile, hunt is on for the five accused, who have been identified as Chandrakanta and Krishna, both women in fifties, and three youths Puran, Chaman and Raj.<br /><br />“Various teams have been sent to possible hideouts. We are investigating into the matter and looking for eyewitnesses. So far no one has come forward,” said the officer.<br /><br />Arora is survived by his wife and three children.<br /></p>