Batla House youth murder case cracked, details surface
After working on the case of 28-year-old tutor of Batla House, the police were able to crack the case after three days with the accused, a juvenile, being apprehended on Friday.
The accused was apprehended for killing tutor using a sharp weapon in an act of revenge who sexually assaulted him, said the police on Saturday.
It was on Wednesday when the police had received a call at 2.15 pm that an apartment on the second floor of a building at Batla House was found open with blood splattered outside it.
On reaching the spot, the police team found the man’s body lying on the floor with deep cut injuries on his neck, they said.
Top police officers also turned up at the spot.
The deceased, who worked as a private tutor, used to reside with his family opposite Makka Palace Hotel in Zakir Nagar, a senior police officer said.
The body was found in a one-room apartment owned by the deceased’s family. The property was on rent and had been vacated by a tenant only a few days ago, the officer said.
The police said during the probe it was revealed that the deceased (the tutor) was allegedly homosexual and met the juvenile around two months ago, following which he allegedly sexually assaulted him several times, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East) Rajesh Deo said.
The tutor even recorded a private video of his student and threatened to release it on social media if he did not listen to his demands, the DCP said.
On the day of the incident, after receiving a call from his tutor to meet him at his Jamia Nagar house, the juvenile allegedly reached the apartment with a sharp paper cutter and slit the man’s throat before fleeing the spot.
The accused has been apprehended and the mobile phone of the deceased, clothes and shoes worn by the juvenile at the time of the incident have been recovered from him, the police said.
