The culprit was named as Sahil Gehlot, 24, by the Crime Branch section, while the deceased was identified as Nikki Yadav.
Digital Desk: A guy was nabbed on Tuesday in Delhi's Mitraon village for reportedly strangling his live-in partner to death and putting her body in a refrigerator, police said, adding that he married another female the same day.
The culprit was named as Sahil Gehlot, 24, by the Crime Branch section, while the deceased was identified as Nikki Yadav. They had been together for a few years. According to the authorities, Sahil murdered the victim and married another female on the same day. The incident occurred between the nights of February 9 and 10.
"The accused strangulated the deceased with the use of a data cable of his mobile in his car on the intervening night of 9/10 February 2023 and stuffed the dead corpse in a refrigerator located at his dhaba at Mitraon village, Delhi. "The accused and the deceased had been in a relationship for a few years," said Special Commissioner of Police Ravindra Singh Yadav.
According to the police, they received information about the occurrence on February 10, after which the squad went to Mitraon village in search of the accused, who was at absconding.
The police crew seized Sahil at the Kair village crossing in the national capital.
According to the police, he attempted to mislead the team during the initial interview.
"However, after prolonged interrogation, he revealed that he had slain his girlfriend in the intervening night of 9 & 10 February 2023 and stored her dead body in a refrigerator at his dhaba at a vacant plot on the outskirts of hamlet Mitraon," police added.
The police revealed during the interrogation that Sahil and Nikki met while heading to their respective coaching centres in Uttam Nagar, became acquaintances, and eventually fell in love.
"In February 2018, the accused enrolled in D Pharma at Galgotiya Campus in Greater Noida, and the deceased enrolled in BA at the same college" (English Hons.). Following that, they began living together in a rented house in Greater Noida. They became quite close and travelled to many destinations together, including Manali, Rishikesh, Haridwar, and Dehradoon, according to the authorities.
"During the Covid lockdown, they returned to their houses, and after the lockdown ended, they began living together again in a leased property in the Dwarka neighbourhood," police stated.
The accused did not tell his family about the relationship.
"His family was pressurising him to be married with some other girl and finally in Dec. 2022, the engagement and marriage of the accused with another girl were set for 09.02.2023 & 10.02.2023, respectively. "The accused did not inform the deceased of his engagement or marriage preparations," according to the police.
According to the authorities, Nikki learned about the marriage and confronted the accused, resulting in a confrontation between the two.
"The accused strangulated the deceased with the use of a data cable of his mobile phone kept in his car. "He then proceeded to his dhaba and placed her dead body in a refrigerator," police added.
He then married another girl.
The police are conducting an investigation to verify the accused’s claims during interrogation.
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