BPO employee death: 7 months on,police say ‘suicide,not murder’

Twenty-five-year-old Shalini Saxena was found dead at E-69/1 in Gautam Nagar on September 10,with the cord of a mobile phone charger around her neck. Her roommate found the body after returning to the PG at 4.45 pm.

Highly placed sources said the medical report of the deceased and the forensic examination of the crime scene have not thrown up evidence supporting a murder case.

“Doctors who conducted the postmortem examination told us there were no apparent marks or injuries on the body that could suggest she was strangulated to death,as believed earlier. There is no evidence of a struggle taking place inside the room either. Initially we thought that Shalini had been murdered but evidence now points to the contrary,” a senior police officer said.

Contradictions were found in the statements of the victim’s family members as well,with some claiming it was a suicide case,while others said she was murdered.

“We had received a letter from the deceased’s father,Vijay Saxena,a bank employee,who said it was a suicide case. In the letter,he said his daughter had no enemies and the family wanted the matter to end. But later,Shalini’s uncle Colonel Saxena wrote to us claiming that Shalini was murdered,” a police officer investigating the case said.

“As of now,we have received a preliminary report from the forensic department. Once the final report comes in,we will proceed accordingly,” a police officer said.

The police had earlier detained Shalini’s close friends for questioning,but no formal arrests were made. Three others were detained on the basis of Shalini’s phone call details,but no evidence surfaced against them either.