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Engineer found murdered in his car

NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old assistant manager with a software firm was found murdered under highly mysterious circumstances inside his Maruti 800 car on National Highway-24 near Mandawli on Sunday. The police suspect it to be a case of personal enmity.

According to the police, the incident came to light around 10 a.m. when a passer-by noticed a man bleeding from the mouth lying inside the car near a petrol pump adjoining Mayur Vihar Phase-II and called up the police. The police found a visiting card among his belongings that revealed his identity as Akash Saxena, an engineer working as an assistant manager with a company in the Patparganj Industrial Area.

Subsequently the company officials were contacted who in turn informed Akash’s father Vijendra Saxena about the murder. Preliminary investigations revealed that Akash had a puncture mark on the temple, which could be a bullet injury. But no firearm was found inside the car. His two front teeth were broken and he had some injury on the forehead also.

His belongings – purse, chain, ring and two mobile phones -- were however found inside the vehicle, suggesting that robbery could not have been the motive for his murder. Enquiries revealed that Akash had left the office on Saturday around 6 p.m., after which he went to some place along with his colleague. He then left for home, but never reached. His father is a supervisor with the New Delhi Municipal Council and lives on Baba Kharak Singh Marg.

Akash’s family told the police that he was to get married in a week to a girl from Saharanpur. The police suspect it to be a case of personal enmity. “However, we are investigating all possible angles at present,” said a police officer, adding that the post-mortem report would reveal the cause of death. The police are also screening calls made from and to the mobile phones of Akash to get a clue to the murder.

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