A violent altercation inside a van in Naraina resulted in the death of a passenger. The incident began when the passenger refused to pay a fare of approximately Rs 1,000. According to police reports, the driver responded by attacking the passenger with bricks and a clay pot-like object. After the assault, the driver abandoned the victim’s body on the roadside. Authorities confirmed the details on Saturday.
After committing the crime, the accused called his wife, Kamini Makhija, 50, and son, Laksh Makhija, 28, to hide the body, police said.
During questioning, accused Rajinder Kumar alias Annu, 59, told police that he picked up the deceased from IFFCO Chowk in Gurugram, Haryana, in the van on August 17, an officer said. The dispute broke out during the journey over payment of the fare, allegedly around Rs 1,000, according to police. After committing the crime, he called his wife, Kamini Makhija, 50, and son, Laksh Makhija, 28, to hide the body, police said. Police reached the spot and found an unidentified man, aged around 35 years, lying naked and blood-stained on the pavement near the wall of a government school. “Teams analysed around 500 CCTV recordings and noticed a Maruti Eeco moving suspiciously in the vicinity around the relevant time.
The passenger allegedly refused to pay, leading to a quarrel inside the vehicle in West Delhi, police said. Rajinder allegedly assaulted him with bricks and an earthen-pot-like object, inflicting fatal injuries, police said. Police learned about the incident when the Naraina police station received a PCR call about the body in the Naraina Vihar area, the officer said. “Investigators also noticed a distinctive heart-shaped tattoo with an arrow on the victim’s left forearm, bearing the names ‘Anand’ and ‘Renu’, which became an initial clue in establishing his identity,” a senior police officer said. The registration number was not initially clear, prompting police to track the vehicle through multiple cameras and reconstruct its route before and after the incident,” the officer said.
