New Delhi: The body of an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was found near a swamp, where it was allegedly dumped after he was brutally murdered, at outer Delhi's Begumpur area today.
Dhirendra Ishwar had left home yesterday evening to attend a get-together in west Delhi's Nangloi area and failed to return. Mr Ishwar was allegedly stabbed multiple times, his genitals chopped off and his face smashed with a heavy object, said a police officer.
Mr Ishwar was the Purvanchal Wing district president of Aam Aadmi Party, who had launched a yoga institute in the area around a fortnight ago but that had to be shut down because of some ongoing property dispute, said the officer.
Mr Ishwar left home around 6 pm yesterday and called up his wife around 7.30 pm and said that he would leave for home with an associate in a while, the officer said.
Around 7 am today, locals found Mr Ishwar's body near a swamp, which is less than 100 metres away from his residence, and raised an alarm. Police teams rushed to the spot and Mr Ishwar's family was informed. His relatives identified the body by the jacket, said the officer.
"The police have registered a case of murder and several persons have been questioned. The body of the deceased has been sent for post-mortem examination," DCP (Outer) Vikramjit Singh said.
Police were yet to ascertain whether Mr Ishwar was killed near his house or was he killed somewhere else and then the body dumped at the swamp near his house. Prima facie it is a case of personal enmity and the police haven't ruled out the probability of hate crime, an official said.
Dhirendra Ishwar had left home yesterday evening to attend a get-together in west Delhi's Nangloi area and failed to return. Mr Ishwar was allegedly stabbed multiple times, his genitals chopped off and his face smashed with a heavy object, said a police officer.
Mr Ishwar was the Purvanchal Wing district president of Aam Aadmi Party, who had launched a yoga institute in the area around a fortnight ago but that had to be shut down because of some ongoing property dispute, said the officer.
Around 7 am today, locals found Mr Ishwar's body near a swamp, which is less than 100 metres away from his residence, and raised an alarm. Police teams rushed to the spot and Mr Ishwar's family was informed. His relatives identified the body by the jacket, said the officer.
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Police were yet to ascertain whether Mr Ishwar was killed near his house or was he killed somewhere else and then the body dumped at the swamp near his house. Prima facie it is a case of personal enmity and the police haven't ruled out the probability of hate crime, an official said.
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