A couple in a live-in relationship were arrested for robbing and killing an Uber driver, a police officer said on Monday, 4 February.
“The accused, Farhat Ali (34) and his partner Seema Sharma (30) were arrested on 3 February after they were seen in CCTV footage around the cab of the deceased who was identified as Ram Govind.”Vijayanta Arya, Deputy Commissioner of Police
The incident was reported to police on 29 January when the victim's wife, a resident of Shakarpur area of east Delhi, filed a missing complaint of her husband who drove an Uber cab.
Accused Located After Mobile Phone Surveillance
"During investigation, we found it was a blind case as there were no witnesses. The last ride of the cab was booked from Madangir to Kapashera border and thereafter, the GPS device was found to have stopped working," Arya said.
"With the help of technical surveillance, the mobile phone of Govind was recovered and the police teams found a couple moving around the cab on the Mehrauli-Gurugram road," Arya said.
The police later identified the couple as Ali, of Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha and Sharma, of Sambhal, and arrested them, the DCP said.
"During interrogation, the accused disclosed that they, on 29 January, hired Govind's cab from MG road to go to Ghaziabad where they were staying on rent. They, on the way, hatched a plan to rob the deceased and as per the plan, took him to their home and offered him tea laced with sedative," she added.
Body of Driver Severed, Packed and Thrown into a Drain
"They later killed Govind by strangling him. Next day, they arranged a cutter and blades in order to cut the body into small pieces and wrapped it (the body) in three separate bundles. They later threw them (the bundles) into a drain at Greater Noida," Arya said.
"The Hyundai Xcent car and Govind's mobile phone were recovered from the possession of the duo," the officer said, adding that the motive of the crime was the accused's dire need for money.
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