New Delhia few moments ago
Amit told that his cousin Shilpa wanted to marry him. She was pressurizing him to leave the family.
In Ghazipur, Delhi, a 22-year-old boy murdered his cousin sister, kept her body in a suitcase and set her on fire. Both were in a relationship and were living together since October last year.
The girl was pressurizing him to marry, while the boy wanted to end the relationship. After a fight between the two over this issue, the boy murdered his cousin.
On Sunday, the police were informed that a suitcase was found in a deserted place in Ghazipur. After reaching there, the police found a burnt body inside the suitcase. Police registered a case of murder and destruction of evidence in the matter.
Car seen in CCTV footage, police reached the accused through it
East Delhi DSP Abhishek Dhania said that we had no clue in this matter. We started watching CCTV footage of the area. In CCTV they saw a Hyundai Verna vehicle, which had passed through the area a few hours before the body was found. The police found the registration number of the car and interrogated its owner. The person told that he had sold this car to a person named Atim Tiwari.
Police found 22-year-old Amit Tiwari and took him into custody. He lived in Ghaziabad and was working as a cab driver. His friend Anuj Kumar was also seen in the CCTV footage, so the police took him into custody too. Anuj worked as a welding mechanic and lived in Ghaziabad.
East Delhi DSP Abhishek Dhania said that he has arrested Amit from Greater Noida.
Drunk Amit strangulated Shilpa, murdered her and kept her body in a suitcase.
During interrogation, Amit told that the body was that of his 22 year old cousin Shilpa Pandey. He was in a relationship with Shilpa and they were living together. Shilpa wanted to marry him, but he was trying to end the relationship.
Police said that Amit was drunk on Saturday night. He had a fight with Shilpa and in anger he strangled her to death. He put Shilpa’s body in a suitcase and called Anuj to dispose of the body.
According to the police, Amit has said in the statement that Shilpa was pressurizing Amit to leave her family, so that both of them could live together forever. She had also threatened that she would implicate Amit and his family in a false case.
Bought diesel from petrol pump, set suitcase on fire
Police said that Amit’s initial plan was to dump the body somewhere in western Uttar Pradesh. But when he set out to dispose of the body, after crossing two check-points, Amit decided that the body should be thrown somewhere nearby. Both of them took diesel worth Rs 160 from a petrol pump and after reaching a deserted area, they set the suitcase on fire.