19 April,2011 07:28 AM IST | | Atul Krishan
He wanted to eliminate his colleague so that he could sell a piece of land which both of them had bought together. To carry out his heinous act, he copied a plot from a Hollywood movie which he was fond of watching. He succeeded but couldn't escape from the law.
No escape: The accused Arvind Azadu00a0and the deceased Vijay
Solanki (inset) were working as teachers in an MCD school in Khyala.
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The accused Arvind Azad and the deceased Vijay Solanki were working as teachers in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) school in Khyala. Both had bought a piece of land worth Rs 15 lakh together with an aim to sell it later. However, after some time Vijay refused to sell the land and it became a bone of contention between the two. The police said Arvind then decided to eliminate Vijay and started planning his murder since February this year.
"During questioning, Arvind said that he had got the idea of murdering Vijay by using a water drug Ketamine from a Hollywood movie. After watching the movie, he searched for the drug on the Internet and once he got the information, he went to buy it from local medical shop. However, he was denied the drug without a doctor's prescription. Arvind then went to Lajpat Rai market and brought the drug worth Rs 1500 and two syringes," said a senior police officer.
"On Holi, Arvind organised a party at school and planned to treat Vijay with drug laden food. However, Vijay did not eat or drink anything that day and left the party early. Arvind then made another plan and organised a party on March 31 to celebrate his completing five years in the school.
In the party, he offered Vijay an apple juice laced with the drug. He thought Vijay would die after having the juice but he only fell unconscious. Arvind then took him to hospital but on the way injected him twice with the drug. Later, he doused his body with petrol and set him on fire," the police officer added.
Vijay's father Mahavir told MiD DAY that after Arvind dumped his son's body in Sanpla in Haryana, he used his ATM cards to withdraw cash and then fled to Haridwar. He came back to Delhi recently and was staying in house of his maternal uncle from where he was caught on Sunday night.u00a0
Drug note
Anaesthetic drug Ketamine is not available 'over the counter' in India and can only be obtained with a prescription in duplicate. Chemists who sell the drug have to retain the duplicate prescription for two years. In a drug consultative committee meeting, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) had shifted Ketamine from Schedule H to Schedule X, for which special control measures will have to be taken. The decision was taken following complaints of its misuse.
