<p>A 42-year-old MCD sanitation worker was found strangled at a rest house of the corporation in south Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan on Saturday.<br /><br />No suspect behind the alleged murder has been identified yet, said police.<br />Victim Shri Das was a native of Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh and lived with his wife and three sons in south Delhi’s Jal Vihar.<br /><br />He had been working as a sanitation worker with the MCD on contract for the last 15 years.<br /><br />Das reported to duty at a government school in Sarai Kale Khan on Friday and then went to relax in a rest house near the bus stand.<br /><br />When he did not return home by Saturday morning, his eldest son Manish Kumar tried calling him on his mobile number, but to no response.<br /><br />His son then visited Sarai Kale Khan at about 11 am to check if his father was alright, but found the rest house’s room locked from outside.</p>.<p>“He peeped in through an opening in the room’s window and found his father’s lifeless body on a chair by the wall. The lock was broken and the body recovered from inside,” said a police officer. <br /><br />There were fingerprint marks on the victim’s neck suggesting he had been strangled to death.<br /><br />But police said they were waiting for the autopsy report to determine the exact cause of his death.<br /><br />A case has been registered at the Sunlight Colony police station.<br />His colleagues and family members are being interrogated, said police.</p>
<p>A 42-year-old MCD sanitation worker was found strangled at a rest house of the corporation in south Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan on Saturday.<br /><br />No suspect behind the alleged murder has been identified yet, said police.<br />Victim Shri Das was a native of Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh and lived with his wife and three sons in south Delhi’s Jal Vihar.<br /><br />He had been working as a sanitation worker with the MCD on contract for the last 15 years.<br /><br />Das reported to duty at a government school in Sarai Kale Khan on Friday and then went to relax in a rest house near the bus stand.<br /><br />When he did not return home by Saturday morning, his eldest son Manish Kumar tried calling him on his mobile number, but to no response.<br /><br />His son then visited Sarai Kale Khan at about 11 am to check if his father was alright, but found the rest house’s room locked from outside.</p>.<p>“He peeped in through an opening in the room’s window and found his father’s lifeless body on a chair by the wall. The lock was broken and the body recovered from inside,” said a police officer. <br /><br />There were fingerprint marks on the victim’s neck suggesting he had been strangled to death.<br /><br />But police said they were waiting for the autopsy report to determine the exact cause of his death.<br /><br />A case has been registered at the Sunlight Colony police station.<br />His colleagues and family members are being interrogated, said police.</p>
