Himani Narwal murder case: suspect was in relationship with her, travelled in auto with her body in suitcase, say Haryana Police
Haryana ADGP K K Rao says Sachin, the man arrested for the murder of Youth Congress worker Himani Narwal, has no political connection.
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The accused used Congress worker Himani Narwal's suitcase to stuff her body into it and also stuffed the blood-stained quilt cover in the same suitcase. (ScreenGrab/PTI)The man who allegedly killed Congress worker Himani Narwal and dumped her body in a suitcase in Haryana’s Rohtak has been identified as Sachin, a native of a village near Bahadurgarh, the police said Monday, adding he had been in a relationship with the 22-year-old woman for 18 months.
“Himani used to stay alone at her residence in Vijay Nagar, Rohtak. The accused used to frequently visit her and also stay there. On February 27, he stayed with Himani at her residence. On February 28, he had a heated altercation with Himani over some monetary dispute after which he strangulated her to death. The accused tied her hands with her stole and then used the mobile charger wire to strangulate her,” ADGP KK Rao said.
“During scuffle, he also sustained a few scratches on his hands. The accused used her suitcase to stuff her body into it and also stuffed the blood-stained quilt cover in the same suitcase. He first left her residence on his Scooty and went to his mobile repair shop in Kanaunda village. He returned to her residence about 10 pm, hired an autorickshaw and travelled a few kilometres on Rohtak bypass. He then got into a bus and then reached near the Sampla bus stand, where he dumped the suitcase containing Himani’s body on the roadside,” the officer added.
Sachin is married and has two children. He was arrested from New Delhi by a Special Investigation Team of the Rohtak police, which had also informed Delhi Police about the raid conducted to nab him.
The police said Sachin’s preliminary interrogation revealed that after killing Himani, he took away her jewellery, laptop and mobile phone. The stolen jewellery and electronic devices will be recovered from him, they added.
The police will produce Sachin in court on Monday. “We will be seeking his custody from the court for further interrogation. So far, it appears that he committed the crime alone,” ADGP Rao said.
“While Himani was a (Youth) Congress worker, the accused has no political connection. There is also no information, as of now, if she was extorting money from him or vice-versa. There is also no information, as of now, if there was pressure from either side to get married because the accused is already married and she was single,” he further said.
Himani, who was a student of Rohtak’s Vaish College of Law, had been missing before her body was found on March 1. She had walked with Rahul Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo Yatra’s Haryana leg.
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