<p>New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested a vagabond in connection with bludgeoning a man to death with an iron rod in the Narela Industrial Area earlier this month, an officer said on Sunday.</p>.<p>On July 12, the body of an unidentified man with head injuries was found near the railway land in Bhorgarh village in Narela.</p>.<p>The man was later identified as Ballu, 23, of Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p>There was a little in the way of a lead with no eyewitnesses or CCTV cameras near the crime scene.</p>.<p>"However, a team scanned CCTV footage from nearby areas and informants were activated to gather leads," a police officer said.</p>.<p>The breakthrough came on July 26 with the arrest of Sadaguru alias Badka Murmu, 50, a native of Jharkhand, who confessed to the crime.</p>.<p>Sadaguru said he killed Ballu with an iron rod in a fit during an argument.</p>.<p>Police said the accused had a history of using multiple names and was previously convicted in a kidnapping case.</p>.<p>"He claimed to be a divine messenger, tasked with cleansing the earth, surviving by scavenging and burying leftover food," said the officer.</p>.<p>Sadaguru had come to Delhi in 1986, and initially worked as an electrician in Bhorgarh.</p>.<p>He has been involved in at least three previous criminal cases – a kidnapping each in 2009 and 2016, and one theft case in 2003 —, police said.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested a vagabond in connection with bludgeoning a man to death with an iron rod in the Narela Industrial Area earlier this month, an officer said on Sunday.</p>.<p>On July 12, the body of an unidentified man with head injuries was found near the railway land in Bhorgarh village in Narela.</p>.<p>The man was later identified as Ballu, 23, of Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p>There was a little in the way of a lead with no eyewitnesses or CCTV cameras near the crime scene.</p>.<p>"However, a team scanned CCTV footage from nearby areas and informants were activated to gather leads," a police officer said.</p>.<p>The breakthrough came on July 26 with the arrest of Sadaguru alias Badka Murmu, 50, a native of Jharkhand, who confessed to the crime.</p>.<p>Sadaguru said he killed Ballu with an iron rod in a fit during an argument.</p>.<p>Police said the accused had a history of using multiple names and was previously convicted in a kidnapping case.</p>.<p>"He claimed to be a divine messenger, tasked with cleansing the earth, surviving by scavenging and burying leftover food," said the officer.</p>.<p>Sadaguru had come to Delhi in 1986, and initially worked as an electrician in Bhorgarh.</p>.<p>He has been involved in at least three previous criminal cases – a kidnapping each in 2009 and 2016, and one theft case in 2003 —, police said.</p>