Sippy Sidhu murder: Witness received messages purportedly from Kalyani
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Chandigarh: In the murder case of Sippy Sidhu, the statement of a friend of the accused,
Kalyani Singh
, was recorded in the special CBI court on Tuesday. During the hearing, which resumed after a gap of three months, the witness, Sachin Bhatia, a resident of Kansal, appeared before the CBI court for examination.
In his statement before the CBI court, Sachin said that he came in contact with Kalyani through his wife, who was pursuing BSc in Home Science with the accused, Kalyani Singh, at the Home Science College, Sector 10, Chandigarh. He said that he was pursuing his graduation at DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, in 2006. The witness said that he used to talk to the accused over the phone, and messages were also exchanged between them up to the year, 2012.
Sachin received a message from an unknown mobile number in April, 2015. On asking about the sender of the message, he received a reply saying, "I am K." Thereafter, he also received some objectionable photographs of the accused. The unidentified sender used to send messages on his WhatsApp number. Sachin said that he tried to talk to the sender, who was reluctant to talk on the phone. Sachin blocked the number in July, 2015. However, he again received obscene pictures through WhatsApp from a UK number in Aug, 2015.
In his statement, Sachin said that the sender was impersonating as the accused and used to say that her parents were looking for a suitable match for her. This time, the sender using the UK number, sent lewd messages, which was not the case before. At the end of Aug, Sachin again blocked the number.
On Sep 21, 2025, he came to know about the murder of Sippy Sidhu through his wife after reading it in the newspaper. In his statement, Sachin said that he never talked to the sender and could not say if the senders from both numbers were the accused, Kalyani Singh.
CBI also sent summons to one more prosecution witness, V Vishwanathan, for April 21, 2025, which was duly served. However, he did not appear either on April 21, 2025, or April 22, 2025, both dates fixed for prosecution evidence. Now, this witness will be summoned through bailable warrants of arrest in the sum of Rs 15,000 with one surety in like amount for May 31, 2025.
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