Delhi: 15-year-old girl killed, body chopped into 12 pieces
Delhi: 15-year-old girl killed, body chopped into 12 pieces
Dismembered body parts of a 15 year old girl were found in a drain in outer Delhi a fortnight ago. Police after arresting one of the killers on Sunday said, she was murdered for demanding her monthly salary.
The arrested accused was identified as Manjeet Karketa. The killers had chopped the victim, identified as Soni Kumari’s, body into at least 12 pieces after killing her.
Soni was hired as a domestic help for a monthly salary of Rs 6,500, but did not receive a single penny for the three years that she worked in Delhi, said Rajender Singh Sagar, additional deputy commissioner of police (outer).
She worked as a full-time help at a businessman’s house in south Delhi’s East of Kailash area, the officer added.
“The employer would pay the monthly salary, but the people who brought her to Delhi were pocketing the money,” said the officer.
Police said four persons, including a woman who works as a domestic help and the arrested accused Manjeet Karketa, were involved in the girl’s murder.
Three years ago, she had been brought to Delhi with promises of a high-paying job, said the additional DCP.
The people who allegedly lured her to Delhi included Karketa, 30, and his associates Sahu and Gauri. On May 3, the suspects took her away from her employer’s home on the pretext of sending her back to her village. Instead, they brought her to a house in outer Delhi’s Nangloi.
“The killers first hit her on her head. They then severed her neck before dismembering her limbs and torso. They packed her body parts into bags and dumped them into a drain in Mianwali,” said the investigator.
When the body parts were discovered, police had a task at hand as they had to first identify the victim.
The police then launched a door-to-door search in Mianwali and neighbouring areas. “We visited 2,500 homes and particularly focused on 200 houses before zeroing in on a house whose two occupants had been missing since the day of the murder. Neighbours were shown the girl’s photo and they confirmed that she was seen there on May 3,” said the investigator.
“We searched 45 villages in Gumla and neighbouring areas before finding Karketa’s home,” said the investigator.
-PTC News
