New Delhi: Accused Sahil Gehlot in the Nikki Yadav case revealed that he had planned to push off the victim out of the car, as per his initial plan.
However, he failed and resorted to kill the victim at Nigambodh Ghat, reported the news agency ANI while the Delhi Police sources on Monday.
Notably, the police remand of prime accused Sahil will end today, as the Delhi’s Dwarka court had sent him to the police custody for two days only.
Earlier, the Crime Branch had arrested five persons, including Sahil’s father Virendra in connection with the case on charges of helping his son in the “conspiracy”.
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Sahil’s father, Ashish, Naveen, Amar, and Lokesh were then arrested. According to police sources, Sahil’s father Virender expressed no remorse and had no qualms during the course of the interrogation.
It is worth noting that Sahil’s father was booked in a murder case earlier. As per the police sources, father od the accused was aware of his son’s intention of killing Nikki Yadav yet he supported him.
Virendra apparently told the police that they had to get Nikki out of the way by any means, the sources added. Among the arrested persons, Naveen– a cousin of the prime accused– is a Delhi Police Constable, who accompanied Sahil in hatching the conspiracy.
The five persons have been booked under sections 120 B (Criminal Conspiracy), 201 (Causing Disappearance of Evidence of Offence), 202 (knowing or having reason to believe that an offence has been committed), and 212 (harbouring or concealing offender) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
According to police sources, Naveen was the first person Sahil informed about killing Nikki.
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After killing Nikki, Sahil reached directly to his dhaba. All the accused were involved in putting the body in the refrigerator in his family dhaba in Mitraon village and started preparations for its whereabouts after marriage.
Nikki was strangled to death allegedly by Sahil after she came to know of his impending marriage with another woman.
