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New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) About 7,500 people have been profiled in the Shobhit Modi murder case since investigations began, Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta said Saturday.

Speaking at the Delhi Police’s ‘Half-Yearly’ press briefing, Gupta said all aspects are being investigated and the case would be solved soon.

“About 7,500 people have been profiled so far. Right from auto drivers to the employees of the mall, which Shobhit visited, to his friends. We cannot rule out anything yet,” Gupta told reporters here.

“However, his murder was not pre-meditated as the medical report suggests. It was a half hearted attempt by the killer,” he added.

On the allegation made by Shobhit’s father that the father of his son’s girlfriend had a role to play in the murder, Gupta said there was no evidence to support this argument.

“We have found no evidence in support of this allegation,” said Gupta.

The police chief asserted that all efforts were being made to crack the case as soon as possible and that the officers involved in the investigation are giving their best to the case.

Twenty-year-old Shobhit, an engineering student, was stabbed to death near his residence at Vasant Kunj May 5.

Holding a candlelight vigil, his family members and friends demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe claiming that police had failed to make any headway in the case.