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The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested three persons in connection with the murder of a taxi driver that took place on May 30 and has recovered two pistols, eight cartridges and a motorcycle allegedly used in the crime from Gokalpuri in the past week northeast Delhi. the police said.

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The trio were identified as residents of Loni in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, who allegedly stabbed to death a taxi driver who intervened when they tried to settle a financial dispute with another man in Shastri Park. Police said the wife of one of the trio was guilty ₹17,000 by the man, because during their days they worked together in a call center, and they planned to kidnap him to make him pay.

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However, when they noticed that the group was carrying a bag of knives and sticks, the man and his friend fled the scene and the trio were confronted by passers-by, including the taxi driver. “The taxi driver, Jauhar Abbas, started attacking the three men and one of them fell unconscious. When the taxi driver turned to the main accused, Akash Mavi, the woman’s husband, and started hitting him, Mavi pulled out a long knife that he had tucked into his pants and stabbed him several times in the chest and abdomen. Abbas suffered at least seven stab wounds, one of which punctured his lungs and claimed his life,” said a police officer, who declined to be named.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sanjay Kumar Sain said it was a blind murder case as the deceased was a passerby with no previous criminal record or any enmity. His identity was established a day after the crime, but the killers were not identified.

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“The team members spent several days and nights mapping the suspects’ routes, activating their human intelligence network and generating technical information. It was learned through one of the informants that a man from Loni had returned to his residential area wearing a white shirt with blood stains. CCTV footage showed one suspect wearing a white shirt and his physical description was similar to that of the man the informant had flagged,” said another investigator, who is not authorized to speak to the media.

The suspect was identified as Akash Mavi, 24, and he was arrested from Gokalpuri area last week, following which his aides Yogesh Kumar alias Bunty, 24, and Rohit Kumar, 24, both from Loni, were held.

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Sain said that during interrogation, Mavi said that his wife, Riya, previously worked at a call center in Ghaziabad. The owner of the call center, Mohammad Waqar, had financed a mobile phone for it ₹20,000 using identification documents and credit card of Riya. He promised to deposit the monthly EMI amount into her account, but when Riya left the job, Waqar allegedly stopped paying the EMI, and the outstanding amount was ₹17,000.

When Mavi asked Waqar to pay the money, he refused and in turn threatened Mavi and his wife, police said, after which Mavi planned to settle the score with Waqar. Mavi asked him for a meeting at Shastri Park on May 30, when Waqar came with his friend Aman (who goes by one name).

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“The three asked Waqar to arrange alcohol for them. Mavi sent his two friends along with Aman to get a bottle of liquor from a local shop. The three left on bicycles. Along the way, the duo changed the route and accelerated the bike. Sensing that something was wrong, Aman jumped from the moving bike and fled. Unable to locate him, the two returned to Mavi and learned that Waqar had also fled. In the meantime, the taxi driver and other passers-by spotted the trio with weapons and confronted them,” DCP Sain added.

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