Swiss girl killer tried to befriend other foreign women: Police

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Swiss girl killer tried to befriend other foreign women: Police

Friday, 27 October 2023 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

The 33-year-old Delhi man arrested for allegedly killing a Swiss woman here had promised precious gemstones and offered astrology tricks to other foreign women too to befriend them.

Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Delhi’s Janakpuri, told interrogators he was in touch with multiple foreign women apart from Nina Berger, whose body was found near an MCD-run school on October 20 with limbs tied with a chain.  Singh’s father has a business of gemstones and astrology in west Delhi. He is currently believed to be in Paris.

 The police suspect Gurpreet Singh learned astrology from his father and used it to lure foreign women. He used the same trick to befriend Berger and lure her to come to India, they suspect.

 She came to India on October 11 and stayed in two different hotels in west Delhi. “In the first, she stayed till October 16. Then she shifted to another hotel, where we believe, she stayed before being killed by Gurpreet on October 18. The decomposed body of Berger was recovered from near a school in Tilak Nagar on October 20,” a police officer said.

He said Singh’s chats with other foreign women have been retrieved from his two mobile phones, but he has deleted his chats with Berger. He has visited foreign countries, including Switzerland, multiple times, the police said.

 “There are chats recovered from his mobile phone where he has talked with several women about gemstones and astrology. It is suspect he would lure them for friendship by offering them precious stones or using astrology tricks,” the officer said.

 The police said they have recovered Berger’s iPhone too, but have not been able to unlock it. They are taking the help of cyber experts.

 Singh’s family owns multiple properties in various parts of Delhi but the trail of huge cash recovered from his house is yet to be investigated.

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