The accused allegedly disfigured the victim's head with a big stone in order to hide his identity. The man could be identified only through a tattoo on his arm as one Bunty who lived in block 24.
"The incident took place around 5 AM after police got a call that a youth has been murdered in Trilokpuri. When a police team reached the spot, which was in a drain, it found a dead body with a huge stone lying beside it," said a police official.
The body was then taken to Lal Bahadur Shashtri Hospital and forensic teams picked up circumstantial evidence from the spot.
Bunty's mother identified the body as his son through the photographs shown to her at Mayur Vihar police station.
Also Read
The woman told police that Bunty was her only son and was currently unemployed. He was was married and had two children. She was not aware of Bunty having any personal enmity with anyone.
Trilokpuri had been on the boil since Diwali night after a drunken brawl between youths turned into a full-blown clash between two communities. Police had imposed prohibitory orders in the area which were lifted only yesterday.