In an appalling case of honour killing in the national Capital, a 25-year-old man was arrested by Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Friday for allegedly kidnapping and strangling Sahil (25) to death because the victim was reportedly in a relationship with his 17-year-old sister.
According to police, Sahil was kidnapped from Rohini district’s Bawana area. The accused Rakesh and his associates Manish, Lokesh and Nitesh brutally beat him up, strangled him to death and then burned his body and car and threw it in a canal in Sonipat.
They even took a video of the whole deed. The video has been siezed by police and will be put to forensic examination to determine the exact sequence leading to the murder and subsequent destruction of eveidence.
“On Tuesday, a missing complaint was filed by Sahil’s family at Bawana Police Station. Sahil’s uncle suspected that the family of a girl living nearby was behind the kidnapping and investigation was taken up. Input was received on Friday that Rakesh and his associates murdered Sahil and threw his body in a canal at Sonipat,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Dr Ajit Singla stated.
According to the official, the accused persons found out about the relationship when they saw Sahil dropping his younger sister. Enraged with the situation, they kidnapped Sahil and brutally beat him up before strangulating him to death. “They took a video of the whole incident and threw his dead body in the canal and burnt his Santro car on their way back to Delhi,” Singla revealed. “Efforts are being made to nab Manish, Lokesh and Nitesh, who are still absconding. The concerned police station of Bawana has been informed about Rakesh’s arrest. We are further investigation the matter,” Singla said.