Accused Sahil purchased knife 2 weeks earlier than committing heinous crime

A day after a 16-year-old woman was stabbed and bludgeoned to demise within the Shahbad Dairy space of the nationwide capital, sources in Delhi Police mentioned that the homicide might have be premeditated as Sahil, the 20-year-old accused, had bought the knife used within the homicide a fortnight in the past. “During questioning, Sahil said that he had bought the knife used in the murder about 15 days ago from a weekly market,” police sources mentioned.

The accused has not, nevertheless, disclosed the placement from which he purchased the knife and police are investigating, the sources mentioned. Police are additionally investigating whether or not or not the homicide was a “crime of passion” or completed on a sudden provocation, the sources mentioned.

Sources that Sahil fled town after the homicide and switched off his cellphone. He reached Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh after altering two buses. Arrested on Monday from Bulandshahr by Delhi Police, Sahil was at this time produced earlier than court docket and despatched to police remand for 2 days.

According to police sources, after committing the homicide, Sahil dumped his weapon in Rithala earlier than fleeing to Bulandshahr. A CCTV seize of the incident exhibits Sahil purportedly stabbing the woman a number of instances with a knife. He continued to stab her even when she slumped to the bottom.

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He kicked her, took a concrete slab mendacity close by, and bludgeoned her head. All this whereas the footage confirmed individuals watching the occasions unfold and strolling previous with out intervening. At one level a canine is seen approaching the spot. The police reached the crime spot after the native beat officer was knowledgeable by the locals in regards to the incident about 10 minutes after the incident.

An preliminary police investigation concluded that on the time of the incident, the sufferer didn’t have a cell phone. As per the police, the accused was in a relationship with the minor, however they’d a quarrel on Sunday evening after which he killed her with a number of assaults. The police mentioned that it had registered FIR within the matter below part 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Shahbad Dairy Police Station.