Overview
- The accused, identified as Bunty (44), was traced through CCTV review and technical surveillance to Vikaspuri and arrested from a woman friend’s home.
- Police say he confessed to killing Suresh Kumar Rathi on October 31 in the victim’s Rohini flat after recently making his acquaintance.
- Investigators recovered the stolen jewellery and cash along with two mobile phones and the scooter allegedly used in the crime.
- Officers reported Rathi was struck on the head and stabbed in the neck, and his body was found in the bathroom; a murder case was registered at Begumpur police station.
- Bunty has prior criminal cases dating back to 2004, and forensic examination and further inquiries are ongoing, including the post-mortem conducted at SGM Hospital.