A 92-year-old man's throat was slit allegedly by his domestic help and two of his associates, who were later apprehended, police said Wednesday.
The incident was reported from southeast Delhi's Badarpur area.
The three accused have claimed that they are juveniles, police said, adding that their age is being verified.
The domestic help was working for the past one month, but the family had not got his police verification done, they said.
Police were informed about the killing of Chander Bhan at Molarband Extension in Badarpur Wednesday morning.
Bhan's grandosn Kapil told police that on Wednesday morning when his mother Saroj Garg, went to his grandfather's room, she saw his body.
The accused, who had killed Bhan on Tuesday night and were hiding is his room on the ground floor of the house, also attempted to strangulate Garg when she raised an alarm, police said
However, they were nabbed from the Ballabhgarh Railway Station from where they were trying to flee to Madhya Pradesh, he said