The accused Sahil, involved in the horrific murder of a minor girl in New Delhi's Shahbad Dairy area, went to Rithala where he dumped the weapon after murdering the girl, and took a bus to Bulandshahr, as reported by the news agency ANI. “After murdering the girl, accused Sahil went to Rithala, dumped the weapon and took a bus to Bulandshahr. Police reached the crime spot when the locals informed the local beat office about the incident, 10 minutes after the crime.” Delhi Police sources told ANI. The sources further revealed that Sahil's phone was switched off since the murder and it has been recovered by the Police.
Sahil has been sent to police remand for 2 days. The consipracy to kill the minor girl was hatched 15 days before the incident, ABP news sources said. The accused was frustrated as he was being ignored by the girl, the sources said.
The accused had changed two buses to reach Bulandshahr. “Sahil's phone was switched off since the murder and it has been recovered by the Police. Sahil had changed two buses to reach Bulandshahr. He has not been able to answer a few questions by the Police. He is doing this to perhaps mislead the Police. He will be taken on remand for questioning,” the news agency quoted the Delhi Police sources as saying.
He was arrested by the Delhi Police near Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh on Monday and was produced before Delhi’s Rohini court on Tuesday. Sahil allegedly killed his girlfriend in north Delhi’s Rohini area on Sunday. Sahil killed the 16-year-old girl on a busy street.
He stabbed her 16 times in what appeared to be a fit of rage. In footage captured on a security camera, Sahil could be seen stabbing the girl 16 times and striking her with a stone slab as people passed by, staring in alarm but doing nothing.
She stood still, but the frenzied attack continued, as passersby just looked on. As per the police, the teen was going to attend a function during which the incident took place. Calling it a passion crime, the police added that both knew each other but had a disagreement or parted ways. The accused Sahil had a grudge against and committed the gruesome crime. More research is underway in connection with the matter.
Call To His Father Landed Sahil In Police Net
Sahil was arrested after he made a phone call to his father, police said on Monday. Police, while revealing the details of how the accused was arrested, said that the accused went into hiding after switching off the phone. Police said that technical surveillance was put on him after the accused had called his father.
"After the incident, the accused had fled and went to his relative in Bulandshahr to hide. However, after reaching there, he called his father and after that, the police arrested him through technical surveillance," police sources told ANI. Police also said that the accused Sahil had switched off his mobile after committing the murder.
"The accused Sahil had switched off his mobile after committing the murder after which he went to his aunt's house in Bulandshahr by bus," police sources said, as quoted by ANI. According to police, the initial reports suggest that the girl's head was attacked with a blunt object, which caused the skull to rupture.
"The minor was allegedly killed after being stabbed multiple times and her head being crushed with a boulder in New Delhi's Shahbad Dairy area," the police said. The police had registered FIR in the matter under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Shahbad Dairy Police Station.
The Deceased Had A Tattoo
The deceased also had a tattoo on her hand which mentioned the name, Praveen. "The accused Sahil and the deceased were friends for the last 3 years. The deceased wanted to separate from Sahil but he was angry about this. There was also a fight between the two on Saturday in which the deceased also threatened Sahil to complain to the police," ANI quoted the sources as saying.