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Delhi Police Arrest Two in Cab Driver’s Killing Within Hours of Body Found

Investigators credit digital forensics for the rapid breakthrough.

Overview

  • Nitesh Khatri, 23, was found with multiple stab wounds in Machhli Park, Kishangarh, on the morning of October 27.
  • Officers unlocked his phone using facial recognition to identify him and mapped escape routes using CCTV and local informers.
  • Two suspects — Mohit Mehlawat and Lucky alias Tannu, both 23 — were traced and arrested roughly two hours after the report.
  • Police say the pair lured Khatri via Instagram and carried out a pre-planned knife attack, with both allegedly confessing during interrogation.
  • Investigators recovered two blood-stained knives, clothing, a laptop and the victim’s mobile, and registered a murder case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 103(1).