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Delhi Police Arrest Hearing- and Speech-Impaired Club Manager in Fatal Palam Road Rage Case

Police say a witness shared a car number that led them to the suspect, who was questioned with a sign-language interpreter.

Overview

  • Karan Arora, 24, was arrested within hours and booked under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
  • Kapil, 31, was found unconscious on October 4 in Palam village and was declared dead at Indira Gandhi Hospital in Dwarka.
  • Officers traced a Hyundai i10 from the registration provided by an eyewitness, learned it was used by the owner’s brother-in-law, and detained Arora in Najafgarh.
  • Police say Arora, who has a 65% hearing and speech disability, disclosed via interpreter that he struck the victim after allegedly offensive gestures.
  • The Gurugram club manager has been remanded to judicial custody as investigators corroborate statements and document evidence, including the recovered car.