A 59-year-old Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) driver was allegedly murdered after being abducted on Wednesday, the police said on Saturday.

Reported missing

Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-West) Vijayanta Arya said the family of Pritam Singh, from Swaroop Nagar, had reported him missing on Thursday morning.

A senior officer said Singh had left Wazirpur depot after work for home in his vehicle on Wednesday.

Phone off

However, when he did not reach home till late night, his family tried his phone, which was found switched off.

‘Through GPS’

“His son Deepak said that through the GPS installed in the car, they found out that the vehicle first went to Sonipat border and then to Bakhtawarpur in Alipur. He went and informed Alipur police which asked him to inform Keshavpuram police where he lodged a missing complaint,” the officer said. Meanwhile, Deepak allegedly found Singh’s body with throat slit in Sonipat.

“The family informed the police after finding the body and the car,” said Ms. Arya.

Case registered

The police have registered a case under Sections 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person), 302 (punishment for murder), and 201(causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code.

“Teams have been formed to investigate the case from all angles and identify the accused,” Ms. Arya added.

Singh is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.