New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Delhi's Saket District Court has acquitted four accused of kidnapping, murder and robbery of Rs. 4.50 Lakh. It was alleged that the deceased was kidnapped from Delhi in a car, strangulated in Noida and his body was dumped in a canal near Khair in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

The court acquitted the accused persons, giving them the benefit of the doubt, as the prosecution failed to establish the chain of events beyond reasonable doubt.

An FIR was registered in Police Station Jaitpur in September 2018 on the complaint of Rama Shankar (father of the deceased).

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Geetanjali acquitted Shivam, Sumit, Heera Lal and Mukeem alias Mukim Khan of the offence under sections 365 (kidnapping), 392 (robbe...