By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | January 4, 2026 06:20 AM IST 3 min readPolice said footage from CCTV installed in the area is being analysed and multiple teams have been formed to identify and apprehend people involved in the killing.Two separate cases of murder allegedly linked to property disputes were reported in Outer North Delhi’s Narela, police said.In the first case, a 55-year-old man was shot dead in Ghoga village. Police said the main accused, Dinesh Kumar, walked into the Narela police station on Friday night along with his accomplice Bhoop Singh and confessed to killing Dharampal using his licensed revolver. The weapon was seized, they police.At Dinesh’s instance, police recovered Dharampal’s body near a tube well in Ghoga village. The deceased bled from the neck and nose, police said. The body was identified at the spot by the victim’s son, Pradeep (35).In his statement, Pradeep told police that his father had left home around 8 pm after Dinesh and Bhoop came to take him. “I waited for some time. When my father did not return till 10.30 pm, I started searching for him. When I reached the tubewell belonging to Dinesh at Ghoga village, I found Dinesh along with his associate present at the spot, and I saw my father lying near the tubewell with a gunshot wound. Blood was oozing from his body and he had already died,” wrote Pradeep in his statement to the police. Police said that by the time Pradeep arrived, they had already reached the spot.Pradeep further told police that his father and Dinesh had been close friends before a monetary dispute got in their way. Things between them turned bitter when Dharampal seemingly stopped Dinesh from earning a commission from the sale of a piece of land. “A few days back Hawa Singh sold one bigha of land to Parvinder, a person from my village. My father had helped in the sale, but Dinesh had been hoping to earn a commission from selling the land,” wrote Pradeep.Based on Pradeep’s complaint, an FIR was registered at the Narela police station under Sections 103(1) (murder) and 3(5) (common intent) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 27 of the Arms Act. Crime and forensic teams inspected the scene, and both the accused were taken into custody.In a separate incident, the partially burnt body of a 38-year-old property dealer was found in the fields near Lampur Road in Narela late on Thursday. Police said they discovered the body inside a fenced structure in an agricultural land after information was received about it at Narela police station.Story continues below this adThe deceased was identified as Bhupender, a resident of Nahri village in Haryana’s Sonipat. He was bleeding from the head, police said, adding that unburnt currency notes of Rs 500 in a cement mixer and the mobile phone of the deceased were recovered from the spot.Police are yet to ascertain the motive behind the murder.Police said Bhupender ran a business under the name Daksh Property, along with his brother. Based on a complaint filed by the brother, an FIR was registered under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.Police said footage from CCTV installed in the area is being analysed and multiple teams have been formed to identify and apprehend people involved in the killing. Further investigation in the case is in progress.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:delhi