Eatery owner murder: One more arrested

One more person was today arrested by police in connection with the murder of a 60-year-old eatery owner in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area earlier this week.
The prime accused in the case, Manish (32), son of an official at a premier investigation agency, was arrested last night. His interrogation led police to the other accused, Robin (26), arrested today, a senior police official said.
Teams have been formed to track down the other two accused, of which one is suspected to be a minor, he said.
Police have recovered the Maruti Swift car in which the group had fled after the incident took place on Monday night but they are yet to recover the gun with which the eatery owner Vasudeo was shot dead. To evade arrest, the group had also allegedly replaced the car's registration number plate with a forged one.

"While Robin is a Delhi University graduate, Manish's father is employed at CBI," the senior official said, adding, that the police are also probing reports suggesting that father of one of the absconding persons is employed with an intelligence agency.
During interrogation, it came to light that the group had a heated argument with the restaurant staff over discount related to their dinner bill which went up to Rs 1,085. During the argument, one of the staff members slapped Sagar (absconding) in the presence of several other customers in the eatery, the senior official said.

Sagar felt insulted and convinced his friends to go back to the restaurant for revenge. They then went to Robin's house, where Manish had kept his gun, and returned over an hour later. It was Manish who allegedly pumped two bullets into Vasudeo's body.

Two police officials, who were off duty, were also present among other customers in the eatery.
After the incident, the group not only dodged the eatery staff who chased them towards Ring Road, but also a police team which was deployed at a picket nearby, the official said.
The accused were tracked with the help of the registration number of the car, which turned out to be the property of a Greater Noida resident.
When he was questioned, it emerged that he had recently sold the vehicle off to a group, which later turned out to be Manish's and his friends, but the documentation was yet to be done.

The victim, Vasudeo, was rushed to AIIMS where he succumbed to his injuries in few hours. He had lost his wife a few days before the incident and he his survived by his 16-year-old adopted son.