In November 2019, a 20-year-old occasion supervisor, Nancy Chopra, went lacking from her house. Her husband Sahil (21) informed everybody that they had taken a visit to Paris. His household informed her mother and father that the couple didn’t want to keep within the metropolis as a consequence of monetary woes and went elsewhere to start afresh. Nancy’s mother and father, already upset along with her for marrying Sahil seven months earlier, determined to not pursue the matter. It was shut to 2 weeks later, after they couldn’t come up with her, that they filed a grievance. By then, she was useless — her decomposing physique was discovered with gunshot wounds close to a refinery in Panipat’s Dadlana village.
It was her cellphone’s GPS location and a ‘sad selfie’ she despatched to a buddy that led police to the killers.
Recounting the case, police mentioned Nancy and Sahil met at a resto-pub in 2016-17 and the couple moved in collectively quickly after to an condo in West Delhi. In March 2019, after Nancy’s mother and father disapproved of their relationship, they eloped and obtained married in March 2019.
Later, Nancy and her mother and father made amends and all was properly — till Diwali. Police mentioned on November 10, her father known as to ask her house however her cellphone was switched off. He then known as Sahil who mentioned they have been in Paris. Over the subsequent 15 days, Sahil and his household allegedly lied a number of occasions to mislead Nancy’s mother and father.
A senior police officer from the West district mentioned the girl’s household got here to them a lot later to file a grievance. “We called the husband and he said there were issues in the family. We thought she either fled with some money or left the city to avoid her parents. We started looking for her but there were no clues…,” mentioned the officer.
It was then that certainly one of Nancy’s buddies despatched a selfie to investigators. “It was a photo of a tear-faced Nancy, which she sent to her friend on November 10. We analysed their chat and found that Nancy sent the photo with instructions to her friend that she should save it in case something goes wrong. We grew suspicious and started questioning all family members and friends,” added the officer.
Her husband once more mentioned he had no data. Then, police discovered that Nancy’s final recognized location was Panipat, Haryana. Investigation additionally revealed that Sahil’s cousin, Shubham, was in the identical space across the time Nancy went lacking.
Investigators mentioned all their telephones and social media accounts have been checked. Inquiry revealed that the couple had a strained relationship after marriage over dowry calls for and different points.
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On November 10, Sahil allegedly known as Shubham and his driver Badal. “It was confirmed that the woman left the home with her husband and his cousin. They tried to mislead us but we knew something was wrong. Their location was near Dadlana village. All of them work and live in Delhi and it was unusual for them to go to a remote village. After sustained questioning, Sahil finally broke down and confessed to the crime,” mentioned one other investigator.
Police then rushed to Panipat and recovered Nancy’s physique. Police additionally seized a Chevrolet automobile and pistol — each belonged to Sahil.
Special Commissioner of Police Shalini Singh, who was Joint CP on the time, mentioned, “When the complaint came to us, we were led to believe that the woman fled or left due to family issues. We had sympathised with the husband. However, a technical investigation revealed that the husband was involved; we had photos and call records to prove this. He was finally nailed with the evidence and confessed to the murder. Almost 17 days later, we recovered the weapon and car on his instance.”
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