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Former Caretaker Arrested in Shahdara Double Murder as Police Recover Jewellery

Detectives leveraged CCTV with call data to trace the suspect to Rajasthan despite scant forensic clues.

Overview

  • Delhi Police arrested former caretaker Ashok Kumar Sen in Tapiplya village of Rajasthan’s Sikar district after a roughly 500 km pursuit.
  • Police say he allegedly confessed to planning a robbery and led officers to gold jewellery recovered after the killings.
  • Investigators describe methodical steps to evade detection, with a hooded, masked figure in gloves using CCTV blind spots and leaving a mobile phone at home.
  • The probe drew on extensive CCTV sweeps, area-dump and call-detail analysis, and comparison of the suspect’s build and movement with footage, including stairwell images.
  • Officers are reconstructing the sequence of events, searching for the murder weapon, examining entry methods to the locked flat, and checking for possible accomplices.