A 24-year-old Gurugram man died after being in a coma for nearly two years following a murder attempt in May 2021 by three of his friends over a financial dispute, officials said.
On May 15, 2021, Rahul Kumar was strangled with a piece of cloth and dumped in a field in Kapriwas by the three men, assuming him to be dead. He was spotted by a farmer, who alerted the police. He had been undergoing treatment since then. On Wednesday night, he died after his condition deteriorated at his Nanukalan home in Pataudi.
The three accused in the case — Ghanti alias Dharmender, Harvinder alias Harkesh and Rahul alias Deepak — were arrested on within a fortnight of the murder, and were currently lodged in jail. At the time, they were booked under sections 34 (common intention) and 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the Indian Penal Code. Police have submitted a chargesheet in the case.
However, the three now face murder charges following Kumar’s death, a senior police officer aware of the matter said.
