New Delhi: A 24-year-old man allegedly strangled his female partner with a mobile phone cord and dumped her body in a fridge in a dhaba on the outskirts of West Delhi’s Mitraon village before marrying another woman later that day .
the victim, Nikki Yadav24 years old, lived with the defendant, Sahil Gehlot, in a rented house near Dwarka since the end of the lockdown. Sahil allegedly kept his wedding plans a secret, but Nikki found out and an argument ensued.
There were no previous missing persons reports or other complaints filed by the family of Nikki Yadav, who lived with her partner and was killed by him, with her body dumped in a dhaba refrigerator in West Delhi, police said.
Police said one of their officers who remained in the village received information that the woman could not be contacted by her family. A tip was then received that a man had killed his girlfriend and got married the same day.
Ravindra Yadav, Special Commissioner of Police, Crime Section, said the accused, Sahil Gehlot, was arrested on Tuesday morning by a posse from Kair village traveling through Delhi. “He had strangled her with his mobile phone data cable in his white Verna car on the night of February 9-10. He then drove the body to his dhaba located in land on the outskirts of Mitraon village and l ‘He dumped it in the refrigerator there. After the murder he married another woman on Feb. 10,” said Yadav.
Nikki’s cell phone was found in Sahil’s possession, police said.
Police said Nikki learned Sahil’s engagement had been set for Feb. 9 and her wedding was the following day. She kept insisting that she cancel the wedding. At around 11:00 pm on 9 February, Sahil reached Bindapur and the couple then left the house in her car. Investigating officials said the pair reached the Kashmere Gate area of north Delhi shortly after midnight.
“He had taken her out on the pretext that they were going to a hill station in Himachal Pradesh and that the news of his marriage was not true. Nikki was not convinced and kept wanting to know the truth. They had a heated argument and Sahil he then strangled her using his mobile data cable. He then drove the car while Nikki lay motionless wearing her seat belt in the passenger seat and drove straight to her dhaba in Mitraon village,” an official told investigation knowledge.
Upon reaching the dhaba, Sahil stuffed her body into a blue-colored single-door refrigerator and locked it using cables. “Because it was her wedding, the dhaba was closed for the next two days,” the official added.
Gehlot, a resident of Mitraon village, told police he got ready after school SSC exams in a coaching center in Uttam Nagar in January 2018. Nikki, a resident of Jhajjar was preparing for her medical entry and was enrolled in another institute in Uttam Nagar. The two would travel on the same bus and their friendship blossomed from there. Soon the two fell in love.
In February 2018, Sahil accepted admission into a college in Greater Noida and Nikki followed suit, enrolling in the BA (English Honors) course. Later, the two began living together in Greater Noida in a rented house. They traveled together to different places like Manali, Rishikesh, Haridwar and Dehradun. When Covid hit, they returned to each other’s homes and started living together in a rented house in the Dwarka area post-lockdown.
Sahil did not inform his family members about his affair. Later his family pressured him to get married and fixed his marriage.
Police said they recovered the woman’s body from the refrigerator and the data cable from her car. “A case of murder and destruction of evidence has been registered at Baba Haridas Nagar Police Station. The version disclosed by the accused is being verified during the investigation,” added Yadav.
the victim, Nikki Yadav24 years old, lived with the defendant, Sahil Gehlot, in a rented house near Dwarka since the end of the lockdown. Sahil allegedly kept his wedding plans a secret, but Nikki found out and an argument ensued.
There were no previous missing persons reports or other complaints filed by the family of Nikki Yadav, who lived with her partner and was killed by him, with her body dumped in a dhaba refrigerator in West Delhi, police said.
Police said one of their officers who remained in the village received information that the woman could not be contacted by her family. A tip was then received that a man had killed his girlfriend and got married the same day.
Ravindra Yadav, Special Commissioner of Police, Crime Section, said the accused, Sahil Gehlot, was arrested on Tuesday morning by a posse from Kair village traveling through Delhi. “He had strangled her with his mobile phone data cable in his white Verna car on the night of February 9-10. He then drove the body to his dhaba located in land on the outskirts of Mitraon village and l ‘He dumped it in the refrigerator there. After the murder he married another woman on Feb. 10,” said Yadav.
Nikki’s cell phone was found in Sahil’s possession, police said.
Police said Nikki learned Sahil’s engagement had been set for Feb. 9 and her wedding was the following day. She kept insisting that she cancel the wedding. At around 11:00 pm on 9 February, Sahil reached Bindapur and the couple then left the house in her car. Investigating officials said the pair reached the Kashmere Gate area of north Delhi shortly after midnight.
“He had taken her out on the pretext that they were going to a hill station in Himachal Pradesh and that the news of his marriage was not true. Nikki was not convinced and kept wanting to know the truth. They had a heated argument and Sahil he then strangled her using his mobile data cable. He then drove the car while Nikki lay motionless wearing her seat belt in the passenger seat and drove straight to her dhaba in Mitraon village,” an official told investigation knowledge.
Upon reaching the dhaba, Sahil stuffed her body into a blue-colored single-door refrigerator and locked it using cables. “Because it was her wedding, the dhaba was closed for the next two days,” the official added.
Gehlot, a resident of Mitraon village, told police he got ready after school SSC exams in a coaching center in Uttam Nagar in January 2018. Nikki, a resident of Jhajjar was preparing for her medical entry and was enrolled in another institute in Uttam Nagar. The two would travel on the same bus and their friendship blossomed from there. Soon the two fell in love.
In February 2018, Sahil accepted admission into a college in Greater Noida and Nikki followed suit, enrolling in the BA (English Honors) course. Later, the two began living together in Greater Noida in a rented house. They traveled together to different places like Manali, Rishikesh, Haridwar and Dehradun. When Covid hit, they returned to each other’s homes and started living together in a rented house in the Dwarka area post-lockdown.
Sahil did not inform his family members about his affair. Later his family pressured him to get married and fixed his marriage.
Police said they recovered the woman’s body from the refrigerator and the data cable from her car. “A case of murder and destruction of evidence has been registered at Baba Haridas Nagar Police Station. The version disclosed by the accused is being verified during the investigation,” added Yadav.
