New Delhi: It was a fateful Valentine’s Day for the household of 23-yr-previous Nikki Yadav when the police found her lifeless physique. Investigations revealed she has been killed and her “live-in” companion Sahil Gehlot was accused of strangling Nikki with a charging cable after which stuffing her physique in a fridge. The Delhi Police has now stated that Nikki was in actual fact married to Sahil Gehlot. “Accused Sahil and Nikki got married in a temple in Noida in October 2020. Sahil’s family was unhappy with their marriage. Sahil’s family fixed his wedding in December 2022 and hid from the girl’s family that Sahil had already married Nikki,” Delhi Police Sources advised ANI.Â
Meanwhile, Nikki’s father has stated her household had no data concerning the marriage. “No one in the family knew anything about Nikki and Sahil’s marriage. We don’t believe it. All those who’re involved in the murder must get maximum punishment,” Sunil Yadav, Nikki Yadav’s father advised ANI.
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Nikki Yadav homicide case | No one within the household knew something about Nikki & Sahil’s marriage. We don’t imagine it. All those that’re concerned within the homicide should get most punishment: Sunil Yadav, Nikki Yadav’s father pic.twitter.com/PfffqpGJSW
— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2023
Sahil Gehlot’s Father Arrested
The Crime Branch has arrested 5 individuals in reference to Nikki’s homicide, together with Sahil’s father on costs of serving to his son within the “conspiracy”.”Apart from the main accused Sahil Gehlot, Delhi Police have arrested 5 people. His father has also been arrested on the charges of helping him in the conspiracy,” Special CP Ravinder Yadav confirmed whereas talking to ANI.”Sahil’s father Virender Singh has been arrested after police found that he knew that his son had allegedly murdered Nikki. He has been booked u/s 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC. 4 others including friend, cousin and brother of accused Sahil Gehlot arrested,” he added.
According to stories, the police have additionally recovered the wedding certificates of Sahil and Nikki throughout the remand. Sahil’s good friend and cousin helped him cover Nikki’s physique within the fridge, sources stated.
The Crime Branch sources earlier revealed that Sahil had “deleted all the data from Nikki’s phone”.”The accused knew that his and Nikki Yadav’s chat was big evidence for the police, so he deleted all the data as earlier many times they had quarrels through WhatsApp chat,” sources stated.
The Chilling Murder of Nikki Yadav: What Led to It
In the killing of 25-yr-previous Haryana lady Nikki Yadav, who was allegedly strangled by her boyfriend Sahil Gehlot with a charging cable, Sahil revealed throughout the interrogation that Nikki was with him on the evening of February 9 after which he killed her within the car parking zone round Nigam Bodh Ghat between 8:30 am and 9:30 am on February 10. After killing Nikki, the accused switched off her telephone and stored it with him and took out her SIM, the crime department of Delhi police stated. Nikki Yadav’s telephone has additionally been recovered from accused Sahil.
As per sources, the Police at the moment are planning to take Sahil to Nizamuddin, Anand Vihar Railway Station the place he had taken Nikki on the evening of the homicide to know the whole sequence and precise place and time of Nikki’s homicide.Â
The accused was getting engaged on February 9. The accused went to satisfy Nikki at her flat and left early within the morning, they went to many locations in Delhi, throughout which there was an argument about his marriage. During this, he received indignant and strangulated the sufferer with a cell cable, stated DCP Crime Branch.”After that, he kept the victim’s body in the refrigerator in a dhaba in Mitraon village, and then the accused went to his marriage. We are investigating deeply about this case,” stated DCP Crime Branch Satish Kumar.
The final rites of Nikki came about in her native village of Jhajjar in Haryana on Wednesday (February 15).
(With ANI inputs)
