Police use Google location data to nab 2 murder accused

Aided by Google's location data, the Delhi Police was able to arrest two people for allegedly killing a 60-year-old man, officials said Wednesday.

Accused Rajesh (35) and Sagar (30), residents of the Sundar Nagari area here, were arrested Tuesday for killing Ram Karan Verma, they said.

"On March 4, Sunil Verma, son of Ram Karan Verma, filed a case at Nand Nagari police station where he stated that his father was missing since March 2. Sunil alleged that Rajesh and Sagar were behind it," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Atul Kumar Thakur said.

A case of abduction was registered on March 20 and a probe launched, Thakur said.

He said as officials made very little headway after analysing call detail records (CDRs) of Rajesh and Sagar, police looked into the March 2 Google location data of one of the accused which showed that the person had visited the Lucknow Expressway that day.

When asked about the visit, the accused failed to give a satisfactory answer and ended up confessing .