Was nabbed as he had unwittingly adopted the identity of a dead criminal
Was nabbed as he had unwittingly adopted the identity of a dead criminal
The Delhi police recently brought back to life a man who had fabricated his own death to escape legal
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| Alive and kicking: Joginder Singh had faked his own death to avoid his second wife. pic/mid day |
proceedings and avoid paying compensation to his wife.
"On August 10 our patrol team was on duty at Mangolpuri area of outer Delhi. They saw a suspicious man trying to hide behind a tree. The team took him to the police station for questioning. He claimed his name was Joginder Singh but refused to provide details of his residential address and whereabouts.
After sustained interrogation he revealed the name of his in-laws and our team approached the house of his niece. She told us that Joginder was hiding because he had faked his own death 7 years ago to escape legal proceedings. He was married thrice; his first wife passed away a long time ago, then he married Sukhvinder Kaur from Ludhiana.
But their married life was very strained. They had 4 children together but after sometime Joginder left his wife and children and discreetly got married a third time, to Kulwant Kaur from Bapa village near Ludhiana," said a police officer.
But Sukhvinder went to court seeking maintenance for herself and her children. Joginder had hidden himself in some isolated place. But after this plea he was disturbed and was trying to find a way to escape legal action and to dump his second wife and children.
"Luckily for him, a man named Joginder Singh passed away at the civil hospital in Ludhiana. The culprit got the idea of pretending he was dead as even the deceased's father and his own father shared the same name. After achieving the desired objective, he settled down with his third wife," the officer added.
But Joginder hadn't done a background check on the deceased who had a history of crime and had been arrested in cases under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Delhi.u00a0 The culprit has been arrested by Delhi police under section 420 of the IPC.
| KILLING FOR COVER |
| Delhi Police recently arrested a young man, along with his associate, for faking his own killing in order to avoid jail. According to police, Karma (32) killed an unidentified person at Bhalswa Dairy on June 22. During interrogation, Karma revealed that he was wanted in several cases, including some under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Delhi and Punjab. "He was living in Punjab and planned this killing to avoid jail. He came to Delhi and met his friend Satnam (20). On June 22, the duo found a person lying in an inebriated condition near Gandhi Vihar. They took him to an isolated place at Bhalswa Dairy and strangled him to death," said N S Bundela, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North-West Delhi. "They then sprinkled petrol on the body and set it on fire. Karma left his identification documents near the body," the DCP said.
"The Bhalswa Dairy police station received a PCR call about a charred body. The police team reached the spot to find a half-burnt body. They also found ID-card and some documents belonging to Karma near the body. The police then called his family members from Punjab, who identified the body as that of Karma," said Bundela.
The family members were given the body. However, on some specific lead, the police investigated the case further.
"Our team received information that the body was not of Karma and that he is still alive. The police started a hunt for Karma. He was found near a Gurdwara at Bhalswa Dairy. The police team arrested him and on his tip off Satnam Singh was too held," Bundela added. |
