Explained: Nikki Yadav's killing and its shocking similarities with Shraddha Walker murder case

New Delhi, the national capital of India has become the scene of anothercrime similar tothe murder of Shraddha Walkar, with Delhi police detaining a 24-year-old man named Sahil Gehlot for allegedly killing his live-in partner,Nikki Yadav, and storing her body in a refrigerator in a dhaba (roadside eatery) on the outskirts of Mitraon village in Najafgarh.Shraddha Walkarwas a 27-year-old Indian woman who was murdered by her 28-year-old boyfriend andlive-inpartner Aaftab Amin Poonawala inDelhion May 18, 2022. Shocking facts on the alleged killingofNikki Yadav surfaced on Wednesday (February 15), evoking unsettling parallels to the Shraddha Walker murder case.

Nikki Yadav's alleged killing: Details of the case

In the course of police inquiry,Gehlot is said to have confessed to killing Yadav and said that he committed the murder on the Interveningnight of February 9 and February 10, according to ANI. The accused said that he used the data cable of his mobile phone that was in his car to strangle Yadav nearKashmiri Gate ISBT situated in New Delhi.

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He then went to thedhaba (roadside food stall)owned by him and hidher body in a refrigerator on the outskirts of Mitraon Village.

A murder complaint was filed at the Baba Haridas Nagar police station after the 22-year-old victim's bodywas found inside the refrigerator, according to ANI.

How did the police nab Sahil Gehlot?

Senior police officers received information on February 10 that a dhaba (roadside eatery) owner had allegedly killed a girl in Najafgarh. Upon investigation, it was discovered that no case or missing report involving any girl was filed.The Crime Branch found Gehlot’s mobile phone to be switched off when they arrived at Mitraon village to nab the suspect.After scouring the village and its surroundings extensively, the team was able to arrest him from Kair village.

How did Nikki Yadav meet Sahil Gehlot?

During the course of the investigation, Sahil Gehlot said that he had first met Nikki Yadav, a resident of Jhajjar, Haryana, in January 2018 while he was studying for the SSC examinations at the Career Point Coaching Centre in New Delhi's Uttam Nagar area, said a report by PTI.

“Both of them used to travel to their respective institutes daily in the same bus and became friends and later on fell in love,” Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Singh Yadav said.

In February 2018, they enrolled in different courses at Galgotiya College in Greater Noida afterwhich, they moved into the same rented accommodation.

The duo continued to live together post the COVID-19 lockdown when they moved to their respective homes, as per a report by India Today.The accused kept his relationship with Yadav under wraps asGehlot's family had fixed his wedding with another woman, with whom hegot engaged recently on February 9.

Yadav confronted Gehlot on learning about his engagement and the couplegot into a heated argument after which he allegedly killed her in a fit of rage.

“Gehlot was to marry another woman. When his girlfriend came to know about it, she confronted him and insisted that he marry her instead,” police officer Vikram Singh toldANI.

Unsettling similarities withthe Shraddha Walker murder case

The murder of Shraddha Walkar, a 27-year-old woman killed by her live-in partner, Aftab Amin Poonawala, is eerily similar to Nikki Yadav's murder. In Walker's case, the accused Poonawala used a "saw-like object" to cut her body into 35 pieces, stored them in a 300-liter refrigerator, and then dumped the parts into a nearby Delhi forest.

What is the latest development in Nikki Yadav's murder case?

CCTV footage of Nikki Yadav hassurfaced, showing Nikki entering her home on February 9. Yadav was allegedly killed by her live-in partner in the early hours of February 10.

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The post-mortem reports of Yadav, who was allegedly strangled by her boyfriend with a mobile phone cable, confirmed that she died due to suffocation. There were marks on her neck and no other injury marks were found on the body, said the ANI report.

Yadav was cremated in Haryana's Jhajjar on Wednesday evening (February 15). A video showed a small cortege taking her mortal remains from her residence for cremation.

Nikki Yadav's father demands Sahil Gehlot to be hanged

Nikki's father, who is devastated by his daughter's alleged killing, urged that Gehlot be hanged to death for his heinous crime, as reported by PTI.

"All we want now is justice and the culprit should be hanged to death," Sunil Yadav, who runs a motor repair business in Gurugram told media.

"Our daughter is gone. She is no more. All we want now is justice. The culprit should be awarded the strictest punishment and should be hanged to death for his brutal crime," he said.

(With inputs from agencies)

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