The accused, recognized as Shadab Ali, 47, Shahrukh Khan, 28, and Tanveer, 25, have been booked below Sections 103(1) (homicide), 238 (A) (disappearance of proof), 61 (2) (frequent intent), 140 (3) (kidnapping with the intent to homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The fourth accused, whose id has not been disclosed, is at massive.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ankit Chauhan stated the accused, Ali, suspected his spouse of getting an affair and gave her sleeping capsules and weedicide on August 2, resulting in her demise, after which he, together with three of his associates, buried the girl in a graveyard in south Delhi’s Chandan Hola.
The couple has two youngsters – an 11-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son.
Missing grievance filed
The matter got here to mild when the girl’s buddy, Afsana, lodged a lacking particular person report with the police on August 10. Ms. Afsana instructed the police that she had obtained a number of calls from a person based mostly in Dubai, with whom the deceased allegedly had an affair, about being unable to succeed in her on the telephone for a few days.
Following the grievance, the police interrogated Ali, who instructed the police that he now not lives together with his spouse and is uncertain of her whereabouts.
“We have been suspicious of his evasive responses. Through CCTV footage, we discovered him carrying a lady in an unconscious situation from her house to his work website on July 27,” stated the DCP.
The police filed an FIR on August 15 and arrested Ali, who on additional interrogation instructed the police that after maintaining his spouse in unconscious state for 4 days at his work website, he introduced her again to his house and fed her sleeping capsules and weedicide on August 2.
“After his spouse died, with the assistance of his three colleagues, he took his spouse’s physique to a graveyard in Chandan Hola and buried her on the intervening night time of August 2-3,” stated the officer.
Body exhumed
The police took the accused to the spot to establish the grave and exhumed the girl’s physique. The forensic specialists have been known as to look at the stays. “The automobile used for transporting the physique was discovered within the possession of Khan, an electrician who works at Chandan Hola,”stated the DCP, including that Tanveer, a painter, was nabbed from Mehrauli. Further probe is below means, the DCP added.
Published – August 20, 2025 01:38 am IST








