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Indian Express
2 days ago
- Indian Express
‘We were planning her wedding': Kin devastated after Delhi woman murdered, stuffed in suitcase
When 23-year-old Neelesh left her house in Delhi's Trilokpuri around 12.30 pm on May 28, she told her father that she was going to the bank about a kilometre away to get some details updated. She didn't return. Her father and three brothers looked for her in every possible place that they could to find her. In the meantime, police found the body of a woman stuffed in a suitcase in UP's Hapur near a canal on May 30. The body was decomposed. 'On May 30, we were alerted about a body stuffed inside a suitcase in the Sikhera area that comes under the Pilkhuwa police station. We first sent the body for a post-mortem, and an FIR was registered for murder and disappearance of evidence,' said an officer of the Hapur Police. By then, through a missing person's complaint filed in Delhi, police established the woman's identity — it was Neelesh. According to the post-mortem report, Neelesh was strangled to death, said Patniash Kumar, SHO, Pilkhuwa police station. 'There were no signs of any assault on her body,' he said. On June 6, Neelesh's friend was arrested for allegedly killing her. The accused, Satendra Yadav (29), a resident of Delhi's Vinod Nagar, worked with a real estate firm. Police claimed they recovered the woman's bank passbook, Aadhaar card, two mobile phones, and a car from his possession. Youngest among four siblings, Neelesh lived with her father in a rented one-room house in Trilokpuri, after her mother's death nine years ago. All her brothers were married and lived in separate houses. Pointing towards a black and white sketch of Neelesh and her father hanging on the green wall of her room, next to her parents' picture, a family member recalled on Saturday, 'The day she went missing, we got a call from her father. She had told him that she would return by 1 pm… but she hadn't.' 'We rushed to Trilokpuri and first alerted the Mayur Vihar Phase 1 police station. We also went to check CCTV footage at the bank, but there was no sign of her. All we did then was pray.' The family was preparing for Neelesh's wedding. 'We were excited about the preparations. On April 30, she was engaged to a man in UP's Etah district. After her wedding, she wanted to have a beauty parlour of her own,' the relative added. However, a call from Hapur Police on June 4 tragically ended the family's wait. The family was called to identify the body. 'Her yellow suit and a Tulsi beads necklace helped us identify her,' another relative said. Yadav got acquainted with Neelesh when they lived in the same locality, police said. During questioning, Yadav allegedly told police that he had been in a relationship with Neelesh for over three years. 'Neelesh had loaned Yadav Rs 5.25 lakh. She wanted the money back on May 28 when she met Yadav,' an officer said. According to the police statement, Yadav claimed he lost his temper when she asked for the money and allegedly strangled her using her scarf. 'He then stuffed her body into a suitcase, which he had in his room. Later that night, he drove to the Sikhera canal, a route he frequently used to avoid toll taxes, and dumped the suitcase. He bought the car with the money given by her,' a police officer said. 'Her father, Abhibharan Singh, is a retired Nagar Nigam employee. Neelesh had allegedly given his savings to Yadav. On the day she was killed, he had asked her to give Rs 1 lakh for an emergency,' said the SHO. Police traced Yadav after his car's number plate was captured in CCTV footage. During questioning, Yadav allegedly told police he suspected her of cheating on him with another man. Neetika Jha is a trainee reporter with The Indian Express, Delhi. She covers crime, health, environment as well as stories of human interest, in Noida and Ghaziabad. When not on the field she is probably working on another story idea. On weekends, she loves to read fiction over a cup of coffee (cold coffee if it is summer). The Thursday Murder club and Yellow face were her recent favourites. She loves her garden as much as she loves her job. She is an alumnus of Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. ... Read More
Indian Express
3 days ago
- Indian Express
Delhi woman's body found in suitcase in UP's Hapur, friend arrested in murder case
Last week, an unidentified body of a 24-year-old woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district. On Friday, police arrested her 29-year-old friend for allegedly killing her. According to police, the accused has been identified as Satendra Yadav, a resident of Delhi's Vinod Nagar, who worked with a private real estate company in the Capital. Police claimed that they have also recovered the woman's bank passbook, Aadhaar card, two mobile phones, and a car from Yadav's possession. On May 30, the Hapur Police had recovered the body of the woman, Neelesh, stuffed inside a suitcase, near a canal in Sikheda village under the jurisdiction of Pilkhuwa police station limits. 'The woman was a resident of Trilokpuri in Delhi,' said Station House Officer, Pilkhuwa, Patniash Kumar. 'Her body was discovered in a decomposed state with visible marks indicating strangulation. During questioning, Yadav told the police that they had been in a relationship for over three years. Neelesh, who worked with a private firm, had given Yadav Rs 5.25 lakh during their relationship. Around October last year, she got to know that she had been suffering from a kidney ailment and was admitted to Delhi's Dharamshila hospital,' the SHO told The Indian Express. 'Yadav used to meet Neelesh at the hospital regularly. However, tensions developed in their relationship last year when Yadav took a trip to Patiala… and he suspected Neelesh of being involved with someone else. He claimed that her phone was frequently busy [when he would call her] and attempts [by him] to check it were blocked by a phone lock,' Kumar said. According to the police statement, Yadav claimed that Neelesh visited his room on May 28 to demand her money. But, police said, he lost his temper and allegedly strangled her using her scarf. 'He then stuffed her body into a suitcase, which he had in his room. Later that night, he drove to the Sikheda canal road, a route he frequently used to avoid toll taxes, and dumped the suitcase,' a police officer said. 'We recovered the vehicle used in the crime, along with documents, a mobile phone, and other evidence. CCTV footage also supports the sequence of events described by the accused,' Superintendent of Police, Hapur, Kunwar Gyananjay Singh said. Police said they have lodged a case under sections of murder against Yadav. Singh said that a chargesheet will be filed soon. Neetika Jha is a trainee reporter with The Indian Express, Delhi. She covers crime, health, environment as well as stories of human interest, in Noida and Ghaziabad. When not on the field she is probably working on another story idea. On weekends, she loves to read fiction over a cup of coffee (cold coffee if it is summer). The Thursday Murder club and Yellow face were her recent favourites. She loves her garden as much as she loves her job. She is an alumnus of Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. ... Read More
