Nikki Yadav Murder Case Live: Accused Sahil Wanted To Show Murder As Accident By Pushing Nikki Out Of Car, Says Report
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Delhi police arrested five more people after nabbing main accused Sahil Gehlot, including his father Virendra Singh on the charges of helping him in the conspiracy, reported ANI citing Delhi police crime branch. He has been booked u/s 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC.
Police say that Sahil Gahlot was interrogated during police custody remand.
He executed the plan and murdered Nikki and informed the other co-accused persons about it and then all of them went ahead with the marriage ceremony, said Special CP Crime Branch Ravinder Yadav, as quoted by ANI.
According to the police, Sahil's father Virendra Singh knew that his son had allegedly murdered Nikki. Special CP Crime Branch Ravinder Yadav Police said, as quoted by ANI, all 5 co-accused (father, two cousins, Ashish & Naveen, two friends Amar and Lokesh) were thoroughly interrogated & arrested after verifying and ascertaining their roles. Naveen is a Constable in Delhi Police. Further Investigation is underway.
Police sources told ANI that accused Sahil Gehlot and Nikki Yadav got married in a temple in Noida in Oct 2020. Sahil's family was unhappy with their marriage. Sahil's family fixed his wedding in Dec 2022 and hid the fact from the girl's family that Sahil had already married Nikki. Police have also recovered certificates related to Sahil and Nikki's marriage during the remand.
Nikki Yadav's phone has also been recovered from accused Sahil, reported ANI.
According to the crime branch sources, as mentioned in the ANI report, since morning the accused Sahil Gehlot is being thoroughly investigated and was also taken to Kashmere Gate where he killed Nikki in the car.
Reportedly, the Police are also planning to take Sahil to Nizamuddin, Anand Vihar Railway Station where he had taken Nikki on the night of the murder to know the complete sequence and exact place and time of Nikki's murder.
Nikki Yadav was with her boyfriend Sahil Gehlot on February 9 and they both roamed around for hours after which her partner killed her on the intervening night of February 9 and 10, revealed the accused, reported news agency ANI citing its sources.
Sahil killed his girlfriend in a parking lot near Delhi’s Nigambodh Ghat between 8:30 and 9 am on February 10, the report added.
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Nikki Yadav's live-in partner Sahil Gehlot during interrogation has claimed that his initial plan was to show the murder as a road accident, ANI reported citing Delhi Police sources.
The report added that Sahil further claimed that he had decided to push Nikki out of the car but the plan could not be executed and he killed Nikki at Nigambodh Ghat.
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#WATCH | Nikki murder case prime accused Sahil Gahlot and Naveen (arrested Delhi police personnel) taken to a hospital for medical checkup pic.twitter.com/eZD6mPVBuq
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2023
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Nikki Yadav murder case | Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda met with the family members of Nikki Yadav to offer his condolences
— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2023
"I request from govt & authorities that, this case be handed to Fast Track Court for timely justice. The guilty must be punished at all costs," he says pic.twitter.com/DVyqVBC5wL