Gurgaon: A 50-year-old cab driver who was found dead in his car seat in Sector 77 on Sunday was allegedly strangled with a towel by an acquaintance after a dispute over money for taxi permits. Police identified the accused, a 41-year-old cab driver, and found he is employed in the same cab service as the deceased.On Saturday, Prakash, a resident of KLJ Society in Sector 77, was found dead with injury marks on his neck. After confirming the death and identifying Prakash, police informed his family. A murder case was registered on the complaint of his younger brother, Nirmal.Based on forensic evidence and information gathered about Prakash’s movements and associates, police identified the accused as Kundan and arrested him within two hours of the lodging of the FIR. Originally from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, he had moved to Faridabad and started working as a taxi driver.The two men knew each other for over four years and regularly interacted for taxi permits. Kundan used to get permits for his taxi through Prakash, and the two exchanged money for this process.Police said the men had a dispute over a similar transaction on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. It escalated when the two were going to attend a party together.“During an argument while they were together in the car, Kundan strangled Prakash with a towel,” the ACP (crime) Aman Yadav said.He then fled the spot, leaving the victim dead in the car.Police said the exact amount involved in the dispute was yet to be established.Kundan has been arrested and will be produced before a court for police remand. Police said no previous criminal record has come to light so far and further questioning will establish the details of the financial dispute and the sequence of events leading to the murder.
