Neha Ahlawat murder case: 3 yrs later,police add rape charges

A rape charge under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code has been added after the Crime Branch received the forensic report of the semen found on Neha’s clothes from the CFSL recently. “The report suggests that she was raped by one youth. However,it appears that more than one youth were involved in her murder,” a police officer told Newsline.

The Crime Branch has also received the report of blood samples of two of the six suspects — Sanish and Kunal. The DNA in both the blood samples did not match with the DNA of the semen found on Neha’s clothes. The report of the other four suspects — Bhitesh,Sachin,Hitanshu and Sagar — is still awaited.

The Crime Branch on November 18 had sent the blood samples of Hitanshu to CFSL for a DNA match. Of all the six suspects,this was the last blood sample to be sent by the Crime Branch. All six suspects were Neha’s friends while Sanish and Kunal are brothers.

On the night of July 30,2010,Neha’s body was recovered from near a taxi stand in Sector 38 (West). A resident of the same locality,Neha was found in a semi-naked condition. Her post-mortem report specified injuries on her private parts but could not confirm rape. Therefore,the Chandigarh Police sent the sample of semen found on Neha’s clothes to CFSL,Chandigarh,to verify whether Neha was raped before she was murdered. However,it took CFSL more than three years to deliver the report after the Chandigarh Police sent repeated reminders to the forensic department.

Mystery still prevails about the location where Neha was raped and murdered. It is not yet clear whether she was raped and killed at some other location and then her body was dumped in Sector 38 (West). Neha’s scooter that was recovered from near her body also had her bloodstains on it.