The family, based in Palam Colony, said delayed police response cost Kamal Dhyani his life. “The Internet was full of videos of how people were disappearing in Delhi, so when I could not reach my brother, I had all sorts of wrong thoughts,” said Karan, the deceased’s brother. As repeated calls went unanswered, the family first went to the call centre in Rohini, where he was employed. “We connected with his manager, who told us that he had left long ago. We kept calling, but nobody picked up the phone,” Mr. Karan Dhyani said.
They rushed to several police stations, six in all, starting from a little past midnight, and their search ended around 8 a.m., after the police confirmed that the body found in a pit near a school matched the description of Kamal. “We last spoke to Kamal on Thursday night at 11.53 p.m. He informed us that he would be home in another 10-15 minutes. When he did not return by that time, we got worried and started looking for him,” said Mr. Karan Dhyani, the deceased’s brother.
The family started by visiting the call centre in Rohini, where he was employed, followed by rounds to all the police stations in the district — Rohini, Vikaspuri, Janakpuri, Mangolpuri, Sagarpur and Palam.
