The case of a man who killed a worker to fake his own death

Police officers in New Delhi, India, announced that they arrested a 36-year-old man who was trying to fake his own death with the help of his wife.

According to information from the Uttar Pradesh State Police, Sudesh Kumar murdered a man he had hired to make repairs in his house, and tried to pass off the body as his own.

However, the police had access to CCTV footage showing Kumar loading the body on a bicycle.

A second murder

According to investigators, Kumar was already arrested in 2018 after murdering his 13-year-old daughter, who tried to run away from home to get married.

Due to overcrowded prison conditions in India, Kumar received the benefit of parole as part of the authorities’ efforts to control the COVID-19 health crisis.

However, according to local reports, Kumar was convinced that the authorities were preparing to end his probation and hatched a plan to avoid going back to jail.

Simulated death

The newspaper India Today reported that on November 19, Kumar had hired a worker, identified as Domen Ravidas, to carry out some repairs in his house.

Kumar also chose someone of similar weight and height to be able to give him some items from his wardrobe.

Authorities reported that on the second day of work, Kumar offered Ravidas alcoholic beverages until he was knocked unconscious and then murdered him.

On November 20, police discovered a disfigured body in an empty lot with an identification card in its pocket. The name on the card was Sudesh Kumar.

Kumar’s wife

Sudesh Kumar’s wife, Anupama, identified the body that officers found as her husband’s.

But authorities had already collected enough information to establish that Kumar had faked his death.

When they received information that Kumar had plans to visit his wife, the police launched an operation in which they arrested the man. Already in police custody, Kumar confessed to the crime.

Anupama was also arrested for participating in the scheme.