Upset With 91-year-old Employer, Bihar Man Shoves Him in Fridge Before Taking Away Machine from South Delhi Home

New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a 91-year-old man was allegedly kidnapped by his domestic help in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash 2 area. The accused abducted the victim after locking him inside a refrigerator. Delhi police later recovered his body and arrested the accused.

The victim, identified as Krishna Khosla, has been living with his wife in their residence in GK 2. Kishan, who belongs to Bihar has been employed by the couple for over year.

The incident took place on Saturday night when the servant Kishan, reportedly unhappy with the conduct of Khosla, knocked him unconscious and put him inside the fridge and took him away.

During interrogation, the domestic help revealed that he had strangulated his employer and had planned to kidnap the elderly man a month ago, police said, adding that a team is on the job to recover Kishan Khosla's body.

Several teams were formed to trace the duo and on Monday, the domestic help and four of his accomplices — Deepak Yadav, Pradeep Sharma, Sarvesh and Prabhudayal — were arrested, a senior officer said.

The businessman son of Kishan Khosla found his mother unconscious when he visited the flat on Sunday morning and informed the police.

The victim's wife, Saroj Khosla, alleged that her husband and servant Kishan were missing from the house. She said that Kishan had served tea to the couple at about 7 pm, after which she fell unconscious. Then she woke up at 5 am next day to find her husband and the servant missing.

Besides the refrigerator, jewellery and cash were also missing from the residence Kishan Khosla, the officer said.

Saroj Khosla complained that their domestic help mixed some sedative in tea on Saturday night. The domestic help belonged to Bihar and lived locally at Sangam Vihar, he said.

The tempo used to carry the refrigerator was recovered from outside Pradeep Sharma's house. The refrigerator has also been found, police said.

The security guards of the area claimed that they saw the domestic help carrying the fridge in a tempo along with his accomplices. He told the guards that he was taking the fridge for repair when they questioned him, they said.

An FIR under sections 381, 365 and 328 IPC was registered at CR park PS and investigation taken up.

Delhi police have formed a team to probe into the matter and an investigation is underway.

The couple was living in a rented first floor flat of a building in Greater Kailash-I for the last few months. They have two sons one of whom lives in Australia while the other is a businessman who resides in a nearby area, police said.