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New Delhi, Aug 2 (UNI) Police have arrested the 19-year-old servant of the Income Tax officer and his wife who were found murdered in their Karol Bagh residence on July 31.

A senior police official here confirmed that the servant had been arrested from Asom. Sikander went missing after the murder.

He is being brought here, the officer added.

Sources said the mobile of the couple has been recovered from his possession and efforts were on to trace any other of their belongings.

Ved Raj Grover (74), a retired Income Tax Officer, and his wife Vimla (70) were found dead at their East Park residence on Desh Bandhu Gupta Road in Karol Bagh area of Central Delhi on Monday last.

Their neck had been slit.

The house had been ransacked and the servant who hailed from Asom found missing when police reached the spot.

Sikander had been hired from a Green Park placement agency just four days back.

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