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Senior citizen stabbed to death

Last Updated 21 July 2016, 06:01 IST

A 65-year-old retired government employee was stabbed to death at his house in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar on Wednesday, the police said.

Vijay Kumar, who hailed from Kerala’s Thrissur district, lived with his wife at Samachar Apartments. Kumar retired from Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, while his wife works with the income tax department.According to police, Kumar was found with multiple stab wounds on his chest and abdomen. “The house was ransacked and valuables were missing,” said a police officer.

The investigators suspect it to be a case of murder for robbery, though they have not ruled out the possibility of involvement of somebody known to the family.
“There was no sign of forced entry into the house,” the officer added. Kumar’s wife had left home for her office on Wednesday morning. The couple had moved into the house four months ago. Before that they lived with their daughter Ambali’s family in the same apartment complex.

Ambali works with Rajya Sabha TV. The incident came to fore at around 2 pm when Ambali returned from office and went to meet Kumar. Ambali used to visit her parents on a daily basis.

On Wednesday, she found the main iron and wooden doors of the house ajar. “Ambali thought her father had left the doors open as he knew she would be visiting him after work. She went inside and found the TV lying on the floor and rooms ransacked,” the officer said.

Kumar’s body was found covered with mattresses in the bedroom. Ambali raised an alarm and alerted the security guards of the apartment.

The police were informed after which forensic experts also examined the house. “The body has been sent for post-mortem. We are waiting for the autopsy report to ascertain the exact cause of death,” the officer said. A murder case has been registered and police are examining CCTV footage to ascertain if any suspicious person visited the flat before Kumar’s murder

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(Published 21 July 2016, 06:01 IST)

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