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NEW DELHI: A group of nine friends planned a month-long trip to Shimla and Kashmir . The itinerary was in place, the only thing missing was money. After failing to convince their families to help out, the friends hatched a plan to kill an elderly doctor whom two of them knew.

They conducted several recces for a week before smothering the doctor to death. They chose a time when the doctor's daughter was away at a school where she was a teacher. The friends decamped with cash and jewellery worth Rs 11 lakh. However, before they could embark upon their much-awaited trip, one of the friends was caught. He spilt the beans and led the cops to his co-conspirators. Police managed to recover most of the stolen items.

The accused were identified as Rizu, Rizwan, Vishal Rawat, Mohommad Ammar, Sandhya Rawat, Raju Rawat, Riyasat and Afroz. The ninth friend is a juvenile. All of them are residents of Jahangirpuri and Bhalswa Dairy. The victim, Iqbal Qasim , an ayurvedic doctor, was found dead at his house in Jahangirpuri on Monday. There were no visible injury marks on his body, police said. A dagger was found near his body. The house was ransacked. DCP (northwest) Aslam Khan said the murder was the result of a well-planned conspiracy. While Ammar and the juvenile played the role of informers, Rizwan, Rizu and Rawat executed the robbery-cum-murder at the doctor's residence on November 12.

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