Nagpur: Schizophrenic man kills graveyard caretaker; arrested

A man suffering from schizophrenia allegedly killed a 67yearold caretaker of a graveyard by slitting his throat in Nagpur city in Maharashtra police said on Monday PTI reportedAs per PTI the police said that the incident took place in the Mecosabagh area of Jaripatka police station limits on Sunday afternoon after which the 39yearold accused was arrestedFurther adding that the motive behind the killing was yet to be ascertainedThe deceased was a close friend of the accuseds father the police claimedThe accused identified as Anon Mithila Pyareji reached the graveyard on a motorcycle He spoke to the victim Ramesh Laxmanrao Shinde and then within minutes allegedly slit the Shindes throat with a sharp weapon an official from Jaripatka police station said quoting an eyewitness PTI reportedThe victim collapsed to the ground Some locals caught hold of the accused beat him up and he was later handed over to the Jaripatka police the official saidThe profusely bleeding victim was immediately rushed to the Mayo Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries he saidThe Jaripatka police registered a murder case against the accused the official saidThe police were investigating the case and circumstances that led to the murder the official addedDuring the investigation the accused who is suffering from schizophrenia was giving inconsistent statements a senior police official said PTI citedDelhi Police arrest 46yearold murder convict in Mumbai three years after jumping paroleA 46yearold murder convict who had jumped parole during the Covid19 pandemic was apprehended in Mumbai on Saturday the Delhi Police saidAccording to news agency PTI Ajay Kumar Tripathi was found working as a delivery executive for a food app in the Ghatkopar area of MumbaiTripathi had been serving a life sentence for the kidnapping and murder of a boy from Bhajanpura a neighbourhood in northeast DelhiTripathi was convicted of kidnapping and murdering a child in 2000 in Delhi He was serving a life sentence when he was granted parole on July 23 2021 during the Covid19 pandemic a police officer said on SundayWhen his parole ended on September 19 of the same year Tripathi failed to return PTI reported The police later discovered that he had assumed the alias Akshay Kumar and moved to Mumbai with his threeyearold sonThis was not his first instance of absconding In 2010 he also jumped parole and evaded arrest for five years the officer addedTo track him down this time police gathered information from his previous addresses jail records and visitor details eventually tracing him to Mumbai PTI reportedA team was dispatched to Mumbai where they verified local delivery personnel and traced Tripathi to Gautam Nagar in Chembur He was arrested on December 28 the officer saidTripathi who hails from Agra holds a degree and worked as a storekeeper when he kidnapped the boyWith PTI inputs