Delhi man kills minor cousin, stuffs her body in suitcase

At the shop, the accused — who had been arrested earlier in a robbery case last year and is currently out on bail, and has also been previously linked to another murder case— made another futile attempt to convince the girl, said officers.

The accused hid the girl in the restroom at the shop. When she allegedly refused to listen, he first strangled her with hands, and then used his muffler. Once convinced that she had died, he put the body in a suitcase. Police said he then contacted the friend, told him that he urgently needed to leave Delhi, and asked him to drop him.

While they were travelling, he allegedly told the friend that the suitcase contained stolen goods and that he wanted to dispose of it somewhere.

The friend became suspicious when he noticed that the accused was looking for an isolated place to dispose of the suitcase. Acting on the information, a police team laid a trap and apprehended the accused, DCP (Outer North) Shobhit D Saksena said. The accused then revealed the details of the site where he had dumped the body, said officers.

The girl’s family lives in Bihar, and had been opposed to her relationship. Police said the girl had once eloped and the family was concerned.

An officer said, “The family decided to send her to Delhi with the accused in the hope that a change of place would make her reconsider the relationship.” Police said the girl continued to speak to the boy over the phone while she was staying with the accused. This allegedly angered him. At one point, the accused also spoke to the boy, and threatened him.

The accused was produced before a court on Tuesday and has been remanded to two days of police custody.

The girl’s post-mortem examination has not yet been conducted. Police said it will be carried out after her family arrives in Delhi from Bihar.