Woman returns from Canada to meet lover, he murders, buries her; remains found year later
The Crime Investigation Agency of Bhiwani, which is investigating the case, found her skeletal remains Tuesday along the Garhi Jhanjhara road in Ganaur.
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Police said Sunil murdered Monica and buried her body in a 10-foot-deep ditch in the fields of a farmhouse on June 29. A young woman from Haryana’s Rohtak who had gone to Canada to pursue higher studies was allegedly murdered and buried in a field in Sonipat by her lover in June last year, days after she returned to India to meet him, police Wednesday said.
The Crime Investigation Agency of Bhiwani, which is investigating the case, found her skeletal remains Tuesday along the Garhi Jhanjhara road in Ganaur. The accused, who allegedly shot the woman dead, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh on April 2.
CIA-II Bhiwani in-charge Ravindra Kumar said that the accused Sunil was already married to another woman when he got involved with the victim, Monica (23). He also had two children from his first marriage.
Sunil and Monica got married at a Ghaziabad temple in May last year when the woman returned from Canada, the officer said. Monica had gone to Canada on a student visa in January last year after clearing the IELTS exam, as per police complaint by her sister.
“During our investigations, it came to the fore that between January and May 2022, the woman made a couple of trips to India,” he added.
Police said Sunil murdered Monica and buried her body in a 10-foot-deep ditch in the fields of a farmhouse on June 29.
Kumar said the woman’s family was unaware of her return to the country. Her sister Roshni had in June last year lodged a missing report with the Gannaur police. In her complaint, Roshni had accused Sunil of luring Monica back to India. She had alleged that on her return, Sunil abducted Monica and eventually murdered her. On Roshni’s complaint, a case of abduction was registered by the police that initiated investigations.
“Their marriage was also registered before a court, where the accused concealed the fact that he was already married,” he said.
Kumar said as the woman was a neighbour of the accused in Gumad village in Sonipat, where she was living with her aunt, she was aware of the man’s marital status.
On why Sunil killed her, the police officer said, “Sunil did not enjoy a good marital relation with his wife and wanted to settle abroad. He had thought if Monica gets Permanent Residency (PR) in Canada, he too could move there… However, when he felt his plan was not materialising, he murdered Monica.” He said preliminary investigations revealed that the farmhouse belongs to the accused, but it was being verified.
The police officer said the skeletal remains have been sent for post-mortem examination to Sonipat Civil Hospital, while procedure for conducting a DNA test was also underway.
A murder case has been registered against the accused. He has also been booked under other charges, including concealing before a court that he was already married, he said. —With PTI Inputs
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