Delhi Murder Accused Has No Regret, Bought Knife To Kill Girlfriend From Uttarakhand

In a fresh development in the gruesome murder of a 16-year-old girl in Shahbad Dairy area, Delhi Police revealed that the accused was enraged after his break-up with the victim and the fight between them a day earlier triggered the horrific act.

According to the police investigation, Sahil, the 20-year-old accused had been in a relationship with the victim since 2021. However, when they frequently engaged in arguments and experienced a strained relationship, the girl stopped talking to Sahil. Despite her wishes, he persisted in approaching her and expressed a desire to reconcile.

Sahil suspected the victim of having an affair with her ex-boyfriend who had allegedly threatened to kill her.

During the investigation Sahil told police that he had no regrets. According to reports, the accused had allegedly bought the knife to stab his girlfriend from Uttarakhand's Haridwar nearly 20 days ago. After the murder, he went to Delhi's Rithala area and dumped the knife before taking a bus to Bulandshahr.

Police are also trying to know more about a tattoo the victim had on her hand bearing the name Praveen which they say could also be a cause of frequent fights between Sahil and the girl and her eventual killing.

The accused had switched off his mobile phone after the incident and headed for his aunt's house in Bulandshahr in a bus, police said.

The accused, Sahil (20), brutally killed the 16-year-old girl Sunday evening by stabbing her over 20 times and bludgeoning her to death with a cement slab.

He was arrested from Bulandshahr after a call from his aunt to his father was traced to a location in Uttar Pradesh.

The girl was found to have 34 injury marks on her body and her skull was ruptured.

According to the police, there was a delay of about 25 minutes in informing the police about the incident. None of the bystanders made a PCR call and it was a police informer who alerted the police about the incident, following which a police team was rushed to the spot around 9.30 pm.

Police said the victim had told her parents that she had been staying with one of her friends, Neetu, who has two children and lives in one-room set, police said. Sakshi was staying with her friend for the past 15 days.

The girl had stopped talking to Sahil a few days ago, and had had a fight with him a day before she was killed, they said.