Amrita Chauhan, Arrested For Killing Delhi UPSC Aspirant, Was Disowned By Family Last Year: Report

Last Updated:October 28, 2025, 12:51 IST

Accused Amrita Chauhan’s parents had publicly disowned her in July 2024, announcing through a newspaper advertisement that they were severing all ties with her.

File photos of Amrita Chauhan - the accused/Victim Ram Kesh Meena (Social Media)

Twenty-one-year-old forensic science student Amrita Chauhan, arrested for allegedly strangling her live-in partner, a 32-year-old UPSC aspirant in Delhi, was disowned by her family in July 2024, a report with India Today claimed.

The report attributed the information to a July 8, 2024, newspaper advertisement, wherein her parents had announced severing all ties with her.

The charred body of the victim, identified as Ram Kesh Meena, was found in a Gandhi Vihar flat earlier this month.

As the Delhi Police cracked the case, they arrested Amrita Chauhan, Sumit Kashyap (27) and Sandeep Kumar (29), all residents of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly strangling the victim, setting his body on fire and staging the scene as an accidental blaze to destroy evidence.

Investigators said the trio allegedly killed the victim, and later poured oil, ghee and alcohol on the body before opening an LPG cylinder regulator to trigger a fire and mislead investigators.

“This was a cold, calculated and sensational murder. The accused attempted to make it look like a fire accident, but our team uncovered the conspiracy through technical surveillance, CCTV footage and field work," IANS quoted a senior police officer as saying.

The case came to light on October 6, when the police received a fire call from a house in Gandhi Vihar.

Fire tenders doused the flames, and a police team, along with FSL experts, found a deeply charred body inside the flat. The deceased was soon identified as Meena, a UPSC aspirant residing in the room.

Initially, an FIR under the fire-related provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered. However, suspicion grew after CCTV footage revealed two masked men entering the building, followed by a woman and another man leaving around 2.57 am, shortly before the fire broke out.

Investigators analysed technical data and found Amrita Chauhan’s mobile location near the crime scene at the time of the incident.

“Her presence at that hour, combined with the CCTV movement, made her a prime suspect. We intensified technical surveillance and tracked her to Moradabad," an official said.

Police teams conducted multiple raids before apprehending Amrita on October 18. During sustained questioning, she allegedly confessed, naming ex-boyfriend Sumit Kashyap and his associate Sandeep Kumar as co-conspirators.

At her instance, the police recovered a hard disk, a trolley bag and the victim’s shirt. Eventually, Sumit was arrested on October 21, followed by Sandeep on October 23. Two mobile phones were also seized.

Police said Amrita and the victim had been in a relationship and were living together. She later learned that Meena had allegedly recorded obscene videos and stored them on a hard disk, refusing to delete them despite her repeated requests.

“She claimed she felt trapped and humiliated. She then involved her ex-boyfriend, who was enraged and decided to take revenge," an investigating official said.

Police added that Amrita, being a forensic science student and an avid viewer of crime-based web series, allegedly planned the method of execution to resemble an accidental gas-cylinder fire.

Sumit, who works as an LPG cylinder distributor, allegedly opened the cylinder regulator and used a lighter to ignite the blaze. After staging the scene, the accused allegedly fled with the hard disk, laptops and belongings of the deceased, locking the iron gate from outside after removing its netting to make it appear tamper-proof.

Police said further investigation was underway and more digital evidence was being analysed.

Vani Mehrotra

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

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