Third accused held in Delhi's Vasant Vihar murder

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has arrested the third alleged accused in connection with the murder of Kitty Mangalam, wife of former cabinet minister P Rangrajan Kumaramangalam. While two men had already been arrested, the third suspect had been absconding. About one kg of jewellery and some cash have been recovered from the man.
The third accused in the murder has been identified as Suraj (36) who belongs to Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh and lived in Delhi’s Mahipalpur.A mobile phone, cash Rs 9,020 and 920 grams jewellery have been recovered from him, police said.
According to the police, on July 6, a call was received reporting that Kitty Kumar Mangalam and her housemaid had been attacked by some burglars at their Vasant Vihar house. A police team that reached the spot, found that Mithila (33) was in a semi-conscious state while Manglam (70) was lying unconscious in another room. The house was ransacked. Both the women were immediately sent to Safdarjung Hospital where Manglam was declared dead while Mithila survived.
“The woman told us that around 8.30 pm, one Raju, who was working as a washerman in the locality along with his two friends, forcefully entered the flat and fled with jewellery and other valuables after beating them both.”
“During investigation, we had successfully arrested two of the accused persons, Raju and Rakesh, while the third accused remained at large,” said deputy commissioner of police (southwest) Ingit Pratap Singh.
“On July 10, we succeeded in identifying the location of Chhotu Adiwasi, a resident of Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh. He is the brother-in-law of Suraj. A team then raided the identified location with the help of the local police and Suraj was found hiding there along with his wife and children. On seeing the police team, Suraj tried to flee the spot but was overpowered. Robbed jewellery containing 520 grams of gold with diamonds and about 400 grams of silver with gems, a mobile phone and cash Rs 9,020 were recovered from his possession,” the DCP said.