India, Nov. 20 -- A Delhi court has discharged a 36-year-old man of a murder charge after Delhi Police arrested him earlier this year for allegedly killing his father in Narela and labelled him a "mastermind" who planned and contracted the murder.

The victim, Ramesh Bhardwaj, 67, a resident of Rohini Sector 5 who ran a dry cleaners' shop, had been reported missing on January 29 by his daughter, Ekta Arora. She told police he had gone to his employee Jitendra's house in Narela. She also said she received a call from her father's mobile number from a person demanding Rs.10 lakh as ransom but without specifying when or where to deliver it. His phone switched off soon after.

Police said that during CCTV analysis it was found that Bhardwaj w...