A shocking crime has shaken a posh South Delhi neighborhood, Kailash Hills, where a 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped and murdered by a former household employee. The accused, Rahul Meena, 23, had been dismissed from his job two months ago due to his habit of borrowing small sums from neighbors.
Meena was arrested by Delhi Police on Wednesday, who found that he had strangled the victim with a mobile charger cable. The accused had allegedly raped another woman in Rajasthan's Alwar just hours before committing the Delhi crime.
Police suspect that the motive behind the rape-murder-robbery may be 'revenge or a grudge he was holding against the family for letting him go.' The victim's father told investigators that Meena was employed by the family for roughly 10 months before being dismissed.
Meena had traveled overnight to Delhi by hiring a van and then came straight to the house. He allegedly sold one of his phones for ₹10,000, hired a van, and entered the house around 6.39 am, when he murdered the 22-year-old.
The house had a strong security system, but Meena was aware of a hidden smart card that the family used to let their domestic helps enter. He used this loophole to gain entry into the house.
A postmortem conducted later on Wednesday confirmed that the victim had been sexually assaulted, and strangulation was established as the cause of death.
