Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested three men who had allegedly beheaded a tattoo artist with coconut choppers after he refused to return the money he borrowed from them. The headless body of 22-year-old Babloo Kumar was found in the bushes at a vacant plot in Mayur Vihar on Sunday.
The accused have been identified as Prashant Mishra (25), Ankit Sharma (19) and Inderjeet alias Bobby (27).
According to Pankaj Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East district, Babloo's brother Sonu told police that he left home on December 10 and did not return.
"Initially, Sonu did not suspect anything wrong since his brother used to often stay away for several days without informing anyone. However, on Sunday, Sonu told his neighbours about his brother and asked them for help in finding him. They then found his beheaded body with multiple injuries at a vacant plot near their house Sunday afternoon," said the DCP.
"A case was registered and police started investigation. Babloo's friends Bobby, Prashant and Ankit who were last seen with him on December 10, were then interrogated. The trio told police that they met him in the evening and later Babloo left without telling them where he was going," said the DCP.
"Police also came to know that one of the accused, Bobby, was nursing an injury caused by a sharp object. He was unable to explain about his injury and later on confessed to the killing with Prashant and Ankit," the DCP said.
"During interrogation the accused revealed that Prashant who was a stockbroker had lent Babloo some money which he had refused to repay. The other two — Bobby and Ankit — also had a fallout with Babloo over money as they were all addicts. The trio then hatched a plan to kill Babloo by luring him into the abandoned plot on the pretext of a party," said the DCP.
"Prashant had arranged two coconut choppers. The trio had planned that once Babloo was drunk enough they would kill him using the choppers and leave the body to rot," said the DCP adding that they were arrested and their blood stained clothes along with the coconut choppers were also recovered.
