Man found murdered

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, OCT.19. Just hours after he had left home with friends to collect money for a ``jagran'' he was arranging, a 22-year-old man was found brutally murdered outside his Patel Nagar house were last night. Personal enmity is suspected to be the motive behind the murder.

Ajay Kumar Hingorani was found with strangulation marks on his neck and 33 multiple stab injuries, most of them inflicted after he had been strangulated. Some valuables he was carrying were found missing. A resident of 216, DDA flats in New Ranjit Nagar, Ajay used to work at his father Bihari Lal's electrical appliances shop in the Paschim Vihar area.

He had left home earlier in the evening at around 4-45 p.m and returned at 8-30 p.m. According to the statement given by Ajay's family to the police, six friends of Ajay had come to visit him after his return. Since Ajay and his friends were planning to hold a ``jagran'' on November 19, he left with the group for collection of funds.

He is reported to have left his friend's place on his scooter at around 9-45 p.m. His body was found past midnight at the staircase leading to his house. Police suspect that Ajay was killed and then his body dumped outside the house. While Ajay's scooter was found parked at some distance from the house, his wallet, cellphone and helmet were missing.

Senior police officials ruled out robbery as a possible motive. Ajay's friends were being questioned for providing clues to the murder. A case of murder has been registered at the Patel Nagar police station.

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Irate shopkeepers of the Rajouri Garden Main Market today attacked a team of Custom officials, who had gone to check if there was any illegal sale of imported items in the market. At least one officer of the Custom department was injured.

Following a complaint filed by the Customs department, the Rajouri Garden police is now planning to register a case of obstructions to duty against the shopkeepers under section 186, 332 and 353 of the IPC.

The incident occurred at around 3 this afternoon. According to the police, the shopkeepers had protested against the inspection on the plea that it was Diwali and thus business time. The shopkeepers turned violent when the officials insisted on checking one shop to see if more items had been stored inside, police said. No arrests have been made so far in the case.

``When the officials refused to budge to the shopkeepers demands, the latter turned violent, attacking and injuring some officials in the process,'' a senior police official said.

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A 34-year-old woman was found strangulated in the Woodland Park near Subhash Nagar this morning. She was later identified as Lali, a resident of C-219, Raghuvir Nagar. Police suspect the role of a close relative in the murder. A mother of four children, Lali used to live with her husband in the house.

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