'Jealousy, harassed & lured through fake social media IDs': DU student murders 18-year-old girlfriend, tries to burn her body in Delhi

NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old student, missing since Sunday, was found murdered in south Delhi's Mehrauli. Police claimed her boyfriend was jealous over her interactions with other boys and murdered her.

The victim's family, however, alleged harassment by the boy and claimed they were friends. The victim's father and sister alleged that the accused was harassing her since she stopped talking to him, and was following her. The accused, Arshkrit Singh, is an 18-year-old first-year BCom student at DU's School of Open Learning. The girl also studied at SOL. Police received a complaint on Sunday from the girl's mother that her daughter had left for classes at SOL in the morning, but was yet to return."Around noon, the girl told her mother she would be back shortly. But she didn't return and her mother received a call from Singh's father that his son was attacked in Sanjay Van and hospitalised at Pitampura," police said. Her sister said, "We called him (accused) to inquire about my sister's whereabouts, but he claimed that she had attacked him with a knife." The complainant and her husband searched the area, but could not locate their daughter.

She alleged that Singh, who had prior conflicts with the girl, might have abducted her. A kidnapping case was registered. Deputy commissioner of police (south) Ankit Chauhan said CCTV footage was reviewed and Singh was apprehended. He admitted to calling the girl to Sanjay Van and leading her to a secluded spot, where he killed her by stabbing and strangulation, Chauhan said. "After the attack, he tried to burn the body.

He sustained minor injuries during the stabbing and fled to a hospital for treatment. The body was recovered based on his information," the DCP added.

The accused said he suspected the girl was talking to other boys, which led to arguments between them, and he planned the murder. Sections 103(1) (murder) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of BNS were added to the case. Singh was arrested and the crime weapon was recovered.The girl's father claimed the teenagers met at a party and became friends, but the boy pressured her not to communicate with anyone else, prompting his daughter to cut off contact with him five-six months ago."We advised both of them not to meet, yet the youth would come to my house every couple of months to start arguments. We informed his parents too. Though he apologised, the harassment continued," the father said. He added the boy got to know that his daughter attended a Korean language class, and went there, starting an argument and twisting her hand. On the day of the incident, the father said, the girl went for SOL classes, and the boy messaged her through a fake social media ID of someone she knew. He waited in the park from 8.30am. She arrived a few hours later. "He told his father the girl attacked him. His father then contacted us, claiming she harmed his son," her father said, adding she had injuries on head and face, and her hairwasburnt.