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‘I’m fine’: Delhi man killed on September 6, family got texts from his phone for 2 days
The accused allegedly shot Yuvraj inside their car near a mall in Gurgaon’s Sector 70.
(left to right) Anya Vats and victim Yuvraj Manchanda
On the evening of September 7, Sahil texted his childhood friend, Yuvraj Singh Manchanda. A resident of Sarita Vihar, Yuvraj (31), who worked as a manager at Adani Realty, was getting married next month and his bachelor’s party was yet to be planned.
“His elder sister said he had left for Gurugram on Sunday evening to attend an important meeting and never came home,” said Sahil.
He sent a few more messages before finally calling Yuvraj at 4 am on September 8. “The call was disconnected. I then got a text from his number saying that he would call later. I asked him where he was and why he wasn’t replying, but there was no response,” he added.
Yuvraj, police said, had been dead since the night of September 6. The person on the other side of the messages was allegedly his murderer — Anya Vats, a former colleague, and her partner, Sanyam Sachdeva, they added.
The accused allegedly shot Yuvraj inside their car near a mall in Gurgaon’s Sector 70.
Yuvraj had gone to meet Anya on September 6. “He left in his MG Astros car, and reached the location. There he got out and went inside Anya’s white Hyundai Creta,” said an officer.
Police allege that Anya and Sanyam killed him and kept his body in the SUV for two days. On September 8, they allegedly drove around Gurugram before dumping the body in a drain in Badshahpur. They then fled to Uttarakhand and stayed at a PG near Kainchi Dham.
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The Gurugram Police recovered the body on September 10. “Anya and Sanyam were later arrested from Kainchi Dham after their vehicle was traced. A gun has been recovered from them along with Yuvraj’s car and phone,” the officer added.
Yuvraj’s family has alleged that while Anya was looking to dispose of his body, she continued talking to his friends, sisters and fiancée using his phone. Standing outside the Lajpat Nagar police station on Friday, Yuvraj’s sister Karishma said they were having lunch at the Golden Dragon restaurant in Lajpat Nagar, K Block, when he rushed off.
“We were shopping for his wedding. Then he got a call and left abruptly, saying he had a meeting in Gurugram and would return home by 10 pm. After that, I didn’t hear from him,” said Karishma, a doctor based in Faridabad.
Police, meanwhile, analysed Yuvraj’s call records and found that the last call he received before leaving the restaurant was from Anya.
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Karishma said her brother didn’t come home but she received a text from him. “He said he was fine and that he was in an important meeting. The next day, I got another text… he repeated that he was fine and that he might have to go to Bengaluru,” she said.
Worried, the family started calling him, but the calls were repeatedly disconnected. “He even sent a ticket to Bengaluru to his sister. But after September 8, his phone was switched off,” said Sahil.
On September 16, Delhi Police learnt that an unidentified body had been found inside a drain in Gurugram’s Sector 70 six days earlier.
© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd
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