Accused marries on day of murder
A DELHI court this week remanded a man accused of murdering his girlfriend after an argument over his impending marriage to another woman, to five-day police custody for questioning.
Sahil Gehlot was arrested after the body of a woman, a resident of Haryana's Jhajjar, was found inside a fridge at a dhaba (roadside restaurant), owned by him, on the outskirts of the village Mitraon in Delhi.
He went ahead with his wedding the same day as his girlfriend Nikki Yadav was murdered, police told the court.
Chief Metropolitan magistrate Archana Beniwal of Dwarka Court sent Gehlot to five days’ police custody for the latter to investigate, collect evidence and obtain answers from the accused.
In an application moved by the police, it is said they needed to take Gehlot to the places where he had gone with Yadav.
According to sources, the murder was committed near the Kashmiri Gate area, and Gehlot then drove with the body all the way to his dhaba – a distance of around 36km.
According to police, on February 10, information was received about the murder.
“A police team was formed and on checking, no case or complaint about any missing girl was found reported. The team reached Mitraon village in search of Gehlot, but his mobile phone was found switched off and he was not present in his house. An intensive search was undertaken in the village and nearby area,” said Ravindra Singh Yadav, special commissioner of police.
However, Gehlot was nabbed by police from Kair village crossing.
“During interrogation, initially, the accused tried to mislead the police, but later disclosed that he had killed his girlfriend during the night of February 9 and 10, and stuffed her body in a refrigerator at his dhaba in a vacant plot situated on the outskirts of village Mitraon,” Yadav said.
“Nikki’s body was recovered from the fridge. A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered, and the version disclosed by the accused is being verified during investigation,” said the official. |