The Delhi Police on Wednesday recreated the scene of crime in northwest Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy, the place 20-year-old Sahil allegedly killed a 16-year-old lady, even because the investigators are but to seek out the homicide weapon three days after the incident, officers mentioned.
Police have additionally recorded the statements of three pals of the sufferer. Fresh CCTV footage has emerged during which the sufferer is seen strolling on a road minutes earlier than she was killed.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded loss of life penalty for the accused and alleged that the killing was a fallout of “love jihad”. Police mentioned Sahil was taken to the spot within the early hours of Wednesday.
“Due to security concerns, Sahil was taken to the spot in the early hours of Wednesday. We recreated the scene of the crime to establish the sequence of events and understand how he executed the crime and what did he do after that,” a senior police officer mentioned.
Sahil allegedly threw away the knife he used to kill Sakshi into the bushes at Rithala. The knife is but to be recovered, the officer mentioned.
According to police, three of Sakshi’s pals — Bhawna, Ajay alias Jhabru and Neetu — had been referred to as to affix the investigation and their statements have been recorded.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Ravi Kumar Singh mentioned, “We have the accused in our custody and his interrogation is underway. We are looking at all aspects to connect the links. We are working to unearth the role of all the individuals involved in the incident. Our teams are trying to recover the weapon used in the crime.” A senior police officer mentioned throughout interrogation, Sahil mentioned he was offended after Sakshi rebuffed him in entrance of her pals and refused to get again to him.
The probe carried out to date has revealed that nobody was concerned with Sahil within the crime, police mentioned, including that the accused has confessed to have executed it himself. He has additionally instructed police concerning the location within the forest space of Rithala the place he threw the homicide weapon however because it was darkish on Sunday night time, he has not been capable of level out the precise spot.
The pals of the sufferer who had been questioned have been cooperative, police mentioned, including that they’ve revealed how regardless of Sakshi telling Sahil sternly that she didn’t wish to proceed in a relationship with him and to keep away from her, the accused stored following her.
Police are more likely to search additional custody of the accused for not less than 5 days.
Locals took out a candle march demanding strict punishment for the accused. Around 150 to 200 individuals took half within the march, which was taken out in a market space close to the sufferer’s residence. Ajay instructed police that Sakshi had complained to him about Sahil on Saturday.
He instructed PTI Video, “On Saturday, Sakshi said Sahil was pestering her. Me, along with Bhawna and Sakshi, went to meet Sahil and asked him not to bother her. However, on Sunday, he committed the crime.” “When I heard about the incident and went to the spot, I saw her body lying there. Her skull was ruptured and her intestines jutting out. I helped the police shift the body into an ambulance,” he added.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari mentioned, “The killer in the Shahbad Dairy murder case should be hanged as soon as possible. A special team should be formed to deal with such cases under the supervision of the lieutenant governor so that the (Arvind) Kejriwal government’s appeasement policy does not affect court trials.” Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva mentioned fast-track courts ought to be arrange and particular prosecutors appointed for circumstances of rape, homicide or “love jihad” as there’s already super stress on the common prosecutors.
“Love jihad” is a time period usually utilized by BJP leaders and right-wing activists to allege a ploy by Muslim males to lure Hindu ladies into spiritual conversion by way of marriage.
Tiwari additionally alleged that the killing was an end result of “love jihad” and mentioned it’s needed to seek out out whether or not any organisation is working to advertise such incidents.
Sakshi was stabbed greater than 20 occasions after which bludgeoned with a cement slab, killing her on the spot. Her physique had 34 damage marks and the cranium was smashed.
Sahil had allegedly hatched the plan to kill Sakshi two days earlier than the incident. Sakshi had rebuffed him in entrance of her pals and refused to fix their relationship.
Police had earlier mentioned Sahil acquired drunk on Sunday afternoon and within the night, confronted Sakshi, who was on her technique to the celebration of her good friend’s little one after altering her garments in a public comfort.
After killing Sakshi, Sahil went to a close-by park and sat there for some time. Subsequently, he went to the Rithala metro station the place he claimed to have thrown the knife into the bushes. He then took a bus from the Anand Vihar ISBT to go to Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, police mentioned. A name to his house led to his arrest from Bulandshahr.
