Ghaziabad friends kill buddy over occult fear
Three friends in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, killed their buddy Nandu (35), an auto rickshaw driver, after getting spooked by his visits to an occultist in Delhi.
The occultist allegedly told Nandu he could get rich by sacrificing someone close, which made his friends—Pawan, Sagar, and Naseem—seriously suspicious.
How things spiraled out of control
During a hangout at Sagar's place, the group's fears boiled over into a heated argument. In a moment of panic and anger, they killed Nandu with a gas cylinder.
Trying to cover it up, they wrapped his body and burned it in a remote spot using his own rickshaw.
Based on technical surveillance and human intelligence inputs, police found that Nandu had been drinking with the three friends on the night of the killing; Sagar and Pawan are now arrested; Naseem is still on the run.
Assistant Commissioner Siddhartha Gautam said tech clues were key to cracking the case.