Peacock-tattoo woman was in Singapore,says family

The family of 28-year-old Neetu Solanki,whose body was found stuffed in a bag outside the New Delhi railway station,has provided the police enough description to claim her ashes.

The Solankis have reportedly told the police that they last heard from Neetu on February 10,a day before her body was discovered. She used to communicate with them via webcam while she was in Singapore and had chosen to switch on the camera during the last conversation with the family as she said she was injured,the family said.

Neetu’s family lives in a three-storeyed house in Matiala,a semi-urban village in West Delhi.

Her Facebook profile said she worked with Teleperformance,a Gurgaon-based BPO company.

“A day before she was killed,she spoke to us via the Internet,she sounded sad. She told us she had an open ticket between February 11 and 24 and would come home during this time. When she did not call for all these days,we thought she was planning to surprise us,” said Neetu’s mother Susheela Solanki.

“On February 24,my husband saw a newspaper which carried the photograph of her body. He immediately rushed to the police station and has been camping there since to nail the killers,” she added.

Neetu had done a course from Aptech and had a degree from the Faculty of Law,Delhi University. She did her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya.

“Instead of booking the killers,police are worried about why we did not contact them all this while. We thought she was in Singapore,” her mother added.

Neetu’s younger sister Alka,a student of MA (political science) said: “She always used to get gifts for us and was a loving sister. She also stood for the municipal elections in 2007,independently. She chose aeroplane as an election symbol.”

Police said they detained several people in connection with the case and were questioning her friends.

“The woman has been identified as Neetu Solanki,we have corroborated all the details with her family. We are questioning many people and hope to crack the case soon,” said Ashok Chand,Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime).

“My daughter was well ahead of others in our clan. She was career-oriented and aspired big. She could not have been killed by one person; though she was of thin frame she was physically strong,” her mother said.