Hair stylist killed by 3 gay partners

Police claimed to have cracked the murder of well-known hair stylist Bimal Gurang, the brand ambassador of a French cosmetic company, saying he was killed at his Ber Sarai house in south Delhi by three youths whom he had picked up for sex. In a case that has shades of the 2004 Pushkin Chandra murder, Gurang's naked body was discovered early on September 6 after neighbours complained of a foul smell from his house.

Police on Wednesday said the three accused killed Gurang on September 5 with an intention of robbing the house. Gurang was allegedly strangled during a sexual romp. The three accused  Nand Kishore, 24, Dalip Sharma, 27, and Pradeep Kumar, 24 have been arrested.

"One of them, Nand Kishore, had sexual relations with Gurang earlier and would get paid for it," said Chhaya Sharma, DCP (South). Kishore and Kumar were in jail till 2010 for the murder of a Dwarka-based businessman. Kumar had surrendered two days back in a bike theft case to mislead the cops.