Overview
- Police arrested 37-year-old neighbour Chandan Kumar on Thursday after a raid in Kapashera that followed analysis of local CCTV footage.
- Investigators recovered a country-made pistol and one live cartridge from the suspect after an exchange of fire that left him wounded in the left leg and taken to hospital.
- The three-year-old girl had been reported missing on July 10 and her body was found in a drain near FIMT College during the night of July 14–15; a post-mortem confirmed homicide.
- Delhi Police say the suspect allegedly confessed during preliminary questioning but detectives are continuing forensic work and probing motive before filing formal charges under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- The accused is reported to be a tailor from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, who had been living alone in Kapashera while his wife and young son stayed in his native village, and investigators are piecing together his movements and links to the victim.