South Delhi rape-murder accused’s calm demeanour raises questions

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police is likely to conduct a psychological evaluation of a man accused of raping and murdering the 22-year-old daughter of a senior bureaucrat at her southeast Delhi residence on Wednesday.

The assessment is expected to provide deep insights into his mental state, behavioural tendencies and possible motive behind the crime.





Investigators believe this evaluation could play a crucial role in the probe since the former domestic help has remained calm and composed and showed no remorse during interrogation. He displayed the same equanimity while checking into a Dwarka hotel barely two hours after allegedly committing the crime, its employees said.

One of the staffers told TOI that the 23-year-old came to the hotel at 9 am and casually told the receptionist that he was exhausted after travelling from Rajasthan and needed a room. “He filled in all his details in our register. His Aadhaar card showed an address from Rajasthan. He paid around Rs 1,000 for the booking,” the staffer said.

He added, “The man appeared completely normal. No one could have imagined that he just committed such a heinous crime. Throughout his stay in the hotel, he behaved normally and didn’t do anything that would have made us suspicious.”

At 4 pm, police arrived at the hotel after tracking the location of his mobile. He was promptly arrested. It was only then that the staffers learned about his alleged crime.

Police said the man intended to travel to Haryana’s Rewari but missed his train, after which he took an autorickshaw to the hotel. He didn’t specify how long he intended to stay, the staffer said, adding, “He told the receptionist that his uncle would drop in later and decide the duration of the stay.”

Police are building a watertight case against the accused. The mobile phone of the victim, which he picked up after allegedly committing the crime, was found in a garbage bin in Garhi village. “His blood-soaked clothes were found at the crime scene,” said an officer.

Cops recreated the crime scene to corroborate the sequence of events. As part of legal protocol, they conducted a potency test of the accused, and its result was positive.

The father of the accused and some of his other relatives are expected to be brought to Delhi from Rajasthan for questioning. They were earlier detained by Alwar police in connection with an incident of rape and assault allegedly committed by the accused in Alwar, just hours before the Delhi incident.
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