Teenager held for murder in Delhi

NEW DELHI - An 18-year-old boy was arrested here on charges of killing a man who had made advances to the teenager’s girlfriend, police said Friday.

The body of 25-year-old Deepak Thapa was found under a flyover in Vasant Gaon area in south Delhi Dec 14. “He was involved in cases of burglary and vehicle theft and was friendly with the accused,” a police official said.

“The accused was interrogated during which he broke down and disclosed that he along with his juvenile friend hatched a plan to kill Thapa as he had bad intentions towards his girlfriend. Thapa had made highly objectionable remarks and advances towards his girlfriend,” the official said.

The accused and his accomplice after getting Thapa drunk hit him with a brick on his head. “Blood stained concrete stone and brick used in the commission of crime, mobile phone of the deceased and the blood stained jacket of the accused which he wore while committing the crime have been recovered,” the official said.

The accomplice was absconding.