One employee arrested, three absconding after a Delhi jeweller is stabbed to death in Karol Bagh.

The Delhi Police have arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly stabbing his 42-year-old jeweller employer in Karol Bagh area of central Delhi. The incident took place on Wednesday night and the arrest was made on Thursday morning.

The deputy commissioner of police (central), Sanjay Kumar Sain, stated that the police received a PCR call at the Karol Bagh station around 10.45 pm on Wednesday, reporting a stabbing incident on the third floor of a house in Beadanpura area.

Upon reaching the scene, the police found the victim, identified as Pratap Jadhav, lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds. Jadhav, who hailed from Ghoti village in Sangli district of Maharashtra, was later pronounced dead. Forensic teams were called in to examine the crime scene.

Investigations revealed that the deceased was involved in a business of supplying gold to jewellers in the area. The police also recovered ₹39.50 lakh in cash from the premises. CCTV footage analyzed by the police showed four suspects near the crime scene. Two of them, identified as Ganesh Kumar and Sudeep Kamble, were found to be employees of the deceased. Kamble, a resident of Tikota village in Vijayput district of Karnataka, has been arrested, while the other three suspects are still at large. Multiple teams have been deployed to apprehend them.

A case of culpable homicide amounting to murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code has been lodged at Karol Bagh police station.