Accused arrested in IRS officer's daughter murder

Delhi Police arrested a 19-year-old former house help in the killing of a 22-year-old Indian Revenue Service officer’s daughter in southeast Delhi on April 22. (indianexpress.com) Police said the woman was found dead at her family’s home in Kailash Hills, in the Amar Colony area, after her parents returned from the gym that morning. Investigators suspect she was strangled with a mobile phone charging cable. (thehindu.com) The accused, identified by multiple Indian outlets as Rahul Meena, was taken into custody from a hotel in Dwarka about 10 hours after the killing, according to police and ANI. Delhi Police said he had been fired from the family’s home about a month and a half earlier. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) The case drew immediate attention because the victim was a young graduate preparing for India’s civil-service exam, and police said the attack happened inside her home in daylight. NDTV and Indian Express reported that investigators were also examining evidence of sexual assault. (ndtv.com, indianexpress.com) Police reconstructed the suspect’s movements with CCTV footage, which Indian Express said showed him entering the house around 6:39 a.m. and leaving around 7:20 a.m. The same report said he later changed clothes, sold three mobile phones for Rs 13,000, and booked a car. (indianexpress.com) Hindustan Times reported that police described the accused as being in debt and said they were questioning him about motive, theft, and the sequence of events inside the house. Officers have also said he is being investigated in a separate case in Alwar, Rajasthan, from the previous day. (hindustantimes.com, indianexpress.com) By Wednesday night, police had booked the accused under charges including rape, murder, and robbery, according to reports citing investigators. The next step is forensic analysis and custodial questioning as officers build the case around the arrest they made in Dwarka. (navbharattimes.indiatimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com)