Lawyer among 3 held for killing woman in 2011

Three men, including an advocate, were arrested for allegedly killing a woman in 2011 for not vacating a house in northwest Delhi's Model Town area where she used to stay on rent, police said Friday.

The accused were identified as lawyer Virender Kumar (44), a resident of Loni, Ghaziabad, Prithi Singh alias Prithvi (59), a resident of Burari, and Kamlesh (28), a resident of Azad Pur, they added.

On December 18, 2011, the body of a woman was found dumped in the New Usman Pur area. A case was filed at Usmanpur police station and later, it was shifted to Crime Branch, a senior police officer said.

During investigation, the deceased was identified as Kiran Aggarwal, a resident of Model Town-II, and on January 19, 2012, her brother filed a missing report, G Ram Gopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said.

On Thursday, police received information about the accused persons and Singh and Kamlesh were arrested. On Friday, Kumar was also apprehended, he said.

During interrogation, ..