<![CDATA[A torn visiting card recovered at a murder spot led to the arrest of a 28-year-old man for the alleged murder of his friend, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife, the police told on Sunday. Pawan Shukla was arrested from a de-addiction centre at Tughlakabad Extension on Sunday. He had been hiding there since the murder of his friend Devender on January 18. The police had received a call on January 18 regarding a body at a vacant plot near Mohan Co-operative area on Mathura Road near Badarpur flyover. The victim’s head was crushed. Besides a tattoo on four fingers of the right hand, there was nothing to help the police identify the remains. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-East) Mr. Chinmoy Biswal told that the the police re-examined the spot and found a torn visiting card. The pieces were collected and put together. There was a phone number on the back of the card. The phone number was registered in the name of a woman whose house was located in Govindpuri. However, she had shifted residence. With help of technical surveillance, she was located in Faridabad at her father’s house. “A police team questioned the woman, Mr. Shukla wife. She identified the deceased as her husband’s friend Devender. Devender’s father was traced and he raised doubts about Mr. Shukla, who had called his son to his house. However, the police failed to find Mr. Shukla at home. His wife too was unable to provide information on his whereabouts,” added Mr. Biswal. The police conducted raids, questioned a number of persons, used technical surveillance and deployed secret informers to trace Mr. Shukla. Following a tip off, he was arrested from a de-addiction centre in Tughlakabad Extension. The police claimed that Devender used to visit Mr. Shukla house and the accused suspected his friend of having an affair with his wife. The accused claimed he was consuming drug with the deceased at the vacant plot when he saw Devender take out a visiting card with his wife’s phone number written on it. He smashed Devender’s head with a stone and slashed his neck with a blade.]]>
