• By Nidhi Giri
  • Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:44 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

A 19-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly killed and her body buried in a pit in an abandoned area in Haryana by three men, officials said on Friday. Two men have been arrested till now and as per the preliminary probe, three people - Sanju alis Saleem, Pankaj and Ritik – were involved in the crime. The woman was allegedly in a relationship with Sanju and was demanding him to marry her as she was pregnant. As per officials, Sanju and Pankaj have been arrested and confessed to the crime while a search is underway to find Ritik.

The shocking incident came to light when the Delhi Police received a complaint from the woman's brother on October 22, 2024 stating that his sister had gone missing. He suspected that a man, whom his sister recently befriended, might have been involved in her disappearance.

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Delhi Murder: Sequence Of Events

- The Delhi Police received a complaint from the woman's brother on October 22 stating that his sister had gone missing. He suspected that one of her sister's friends might be involved.

- Soon after receiving the complaints, multiple teams of Delhi Police were formed to investigate the murder. The woman's phone was switched off.

- The Delhi police so far arrested Sanju and Pankaj and they confessed to killing the 19-year-old woman, who was pregnant, and buried her body.

- The arrested accused, during his interrogation, confessed that they had rented a car on October 21 and took the victim along with some of her belongings.

- Investigating officers suspected that the woman wanted to marry Sanju but he kept asking for some more time.

- According to the police, on the day of Karwa Chauth, when the victim was fasting, she reportedly fought with Sanju and they decided to meet.

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- Following the fight, accused Sanju asked his friends Pankaj and Ritik to arrange for a car to go on a long drive.

- They all boarded the car and drove towards Haryana's Rohtak and later killed the victim and buried her body under a four-foot-deep pit in an abandoned area in Madina of Rohtak district, the police said as per the preliminary probe.

- The 19-year-old victim's body was found and recovered from the pit in the abandoned area in Madina.

- The police are looking for the third accused in the case, Ritik and the sources said that some of the family members are also claiming that the woman was pregnant.