Nikki Yadav murder: Sahil Gehlot’s father, 4 others sent to 3-day police custody

A metropolitan court here allowed the three-day custodial interrogation of five people, including the father, two relatives and two friends of prime accused Sahil Gehlot, who allegedly killed his girlfriend Nikki Yadav and stuffed her body in a refrigerator in southwest Delhi before being jailed. caught.

Meanwhile, in a twist in the case, the police said that Yadav was the wife of Sahil Gehlot and the couple tied the knot in 2020. Yadav, according to a senior Delhi Police officer, was against Gehlot's impending marriage, which his family fixed. He killed Yadav after he failed to convince her to allow him to go ahead with the wedding.

Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Archana Beniwal sent Gehlot (24) to five-day police custody. Among those sent to police custody on Friday are Sahil's father Virender Singh, his cousins ​​Naveen and Ashish and friends Lokesh and Amar. Naveen is a police constable.

The five were produced at the duty judge's residence, a judicial source said. Police said five co-accused were arrested after their involvement in the murder was established. Police initially said Gehlot, after his arrest on February 14, confessed to killing Yadav because she was pressuring him to marry her.

Gehlot and five co-accused will be produced in court on Monday after their police custody expires.