Killer held week after posting confession video for Delhi cafe murder

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Every week after a 23-year-old man posted a confession video for taking pictures useless a 24-year-old man at a restaurant in northeast Delhi’s Kabir Nagar, the Particular Cell has arrested the alleged killer following a quick alternate of fireplace in north Delhi within the early hours of Friday, police mentioned.

The useless man’s physique. Deal with hand (Getty Pictures/iStockphoto)

In line with police, the alleged killer, recognized as Mohammad Moin Qureshi, sustained a bullet in his left leg throughout the gunfight close to ITI Dheerpur in Timarpur. “Quereshi had arrived on a bike to gather cash from somebody to fund his escape from Delhi. One semi-automatic pistol and a Hero motorbike have been seized from him,” mentioned deputy commissioner of police (Particular Cell) Amit Kaushik.

Round 10pm on January 23, Faizan alias Fazzi was shot useless in entrance of a number of folks at “King Cafe” on 100 Foot Highway in Kabir Nagar. A case of homicide and firing was registered at Welcome police station, and investigation was taken up. The next day, Qureshi posted a video on Instagram, confessing to the killing over an previous “private grudge”, mentioned the DCP.

Qureshi claimed within the video clip: “My brother and my associates aren’t concerned within the homicide. Faizan had slapped me a couple of months in the past and that’s the rationale I shot him. There was no financial dispute.”

After posting the video, Qureshi went underground and in a while deleted the confession submit.

Investigators confirmed his identification by means of CCTV footage. On Thursday evening, the Particular Cell’s New Delhi Vary staff obtained details about Qureshi’s motion, and a lure was laid within the space.

“Qureshi was requested to give up when he arrived on a bike. Nonetheless, he opened fireplace on the police. Our staff members retaliated in self-defence and he suffered a bullet in his left leg,” added DCP Kaushik.

“Qureshi instructed the police that he had borrowed 30,000 from Faizan however was unable to repay it. As a result of non-payment, Faizan misbehaved together with his father. Qureshi then organized a pistol and shot Faizan in revenge,” the DCP mentioned.

In line with police, Qureshi had earlier been arrested in 2025 in a scooter theft case.