Suspect is a woman in her late 20s, captured in a CCTV grab of the exit gate of the apartments.
A day after the murder of a 64-year-old retired government official in Mayur Vihar area of east Delhi, police is on the lookout of a woman in her late 20s, who was captured in a CCTV grab of the exit gate of the apartment complex, where the victim lived.
The residents were shown a captured image of the suspect as well as the CCTV footage recovered from a camera installed at the exit gate of the apartment complex, a police source said.
The suspect was not noticed while coming inside but was clearly captured while exiting the apartment complex from gate number three, carrying a television which was stolen from victim, Vijaykumar's flat, he said.
Residents of the apartment complex said policemen asked them to identify the suspect through her captured image and CCTV footage.
Vijaykumar having multiple stab injuries, mostly in his abdominal region and arms, was found murdered in his flat yesterday afternoon.
He lived at the third floor of a building in Samachar Apartments. His daughter works with Rajya Sabha TV channel and his son too is a journalist in Dubai.
The body of Vijaykumar was found by her daughter, lying in a pool of blood, in a semi-nude condition under a mattress in the bedroom of the flat.
The case is being investigated from different possible angles, including the relationship between the victim and the suspect woman, a senior police officer.