Elderly Delhi father and friend held after son with schizophrenia found dead in container
Police in southeast Delhi have arrested a 64-year-old father and his friend after the man’s 38-year-old son, who had schizophrenia, was found dead inside an
Police in southeast Delhi have arrested a 64-year-old father and his friend after the man’s 38-year-old son, who had schizophrenia, was found dead inside an abandoned container in Kalindi Kunj on Aug. 23. Investigators say the pair told police they assaulted the son with a stone and then strangled him.
The accused have been identified as Talukdar Ansari and his associate, Mohammad Wasim alias Akram, 49. Both work as tailors. The victim was Gul Hasan.
Body found near expressway
Police said they were alerted around 7.13 p.m. on Aug. 23 after a body was found inside an unused container near the NTPC wall in Kalindi Kunj, about 500 metres east of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. Officers who reached the spot found an injury mark on the man’s head and a concrete stone nearby with what appeared to be bloodstains.
A murder case was registered and joint commissioner Vijay Kumar formed teams under the supervision of DCP Vineet Kumar. After several days of reviewing CCTV footage, investigators traced Hasan’s movements and later identified him as the victim.
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What police say happened
According to investigators, Hasan had been suffering from schizophrenia and often clashed with his parents and relatives. Ansari allegedly told police that he had grown frustrated with his son’s behaviour and could not arrange treatment for him.
Police sources, as reported in local coverage, said Ansari and Wasim lured Hasan to the container on the pretext of taking him to a doctor. There, they allegedly struck him on the head with a concrete block and later strangled him with a cloth rope.
The case has drawn attention in India’s capital because it sits at the intersection of family distress, untreated mental illness and a violent response that police say was planned rather than spontaneous. Delhi, like other major cities, continues to face pressure on mental health services, especially for families without the means to keep up long-term care.
Arrests after CCTV trail
The arrests followed technical analysis rather than an immediate eyewitness lead. Police said footage from cameras in the area helped them reconstruct the victim’s final movements and narrow down the route taken by the two men.
With the two accused now in custody, investigators are continuing to piece together the sequence of events before the body was discovered. Police have not said whether more arrests are expected, but the case file remains open as officers examine the evidence gathered from the scene and from surveillance footage.
