Lakshya Chauhan, the son of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, left home on Monday to attend a wedding with two of his friends in Haryana, when he did not return home the next day, his father, ACP Yashpal Singh, who is posted in Delhi, filed a missing complaint and the police launched a search operation to find their colleague's son.
The Delhi Police solved the mystery surrounding the 24-year-old man's disappearance today. The cops have arrested a man after a week-long search. The accused is also the victim's friend and has been arrested for the alleged murder.
The police said the accused along with two accomplices killed the cop's son over financial transactions and disposed of the body in the drain in Panipat in neighbouring Haryana almost 40 km from his last known location in Karnal bypass. During the investigation, the police found the victim's location in Haryana and a search is on to find his body. Twenty-four-year-old Lakshya Chauhan was a lawyer by profession.
Another accused is on the run and the police have launched an operation to arrest.
The police had registered a case of kidnapping with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person, wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, a kidnapped or abducted person under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, the officer said.