Burari Man Who Killed 17 Yr Old Cousin Bought Suitcase To Dump Body

The cousin of a 17-year-old girl was arrested on Monday for allegedly murdering her and stuffing her body in a suitcase in north Delhi’s Burari, police said.

The 22-year-old accused allegedly planned the murder, bought the suitcase on Sunday morning and took the girl to his friend’s shop, where he strangled her, they said.

The accused, a resident of Mukundpur, north Delhi, was initially picked up by police on Monday afternoon following a tip-off that he was involved in a snatching case. However, his interrogation revealed that he was accused of killing his cousin, who was from Muzaffarpur in Bihar. The suitcase containing her body was also recovered from Burari, police said.

According to police, when the accused visited Muzaffarpur to attend Independence Day celebrations, the girl’s family asked him to help counsel her and take her to Delhi. He took her to her grandmother’s house in Azadpur, Delhi.

“On Sunday, the suspect noticed that she had called her cousin using his phone. This enraged him, and he decided to kill her,” the officer said.

Police said the accused bought a suitcase from a local market and took the girl to his friend’s shop in Burari, where, in a room next to the shop, he allegedly strangled her to death, stuffed the body into the suitcase and dumped it at an isolated place in Burari, police said.

The body was recovered late on Monday evening and has been sent for postmortem examination.

Hemani Bhandari is a Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times in New Delhi, where she reports on crime, policing, governance and social issues. With over a decade of experience in journalism, she specialises in combining on-ground reporting with evidence-based storytelling to examine the human impact of public policy, law enforcement and urban governance. Over the years, she has reported extensively on major developments in the capital, including crime investigations, civic challenges, protests, and issues affecting vulnerable communities. As a Special Correspondent, she focuses on producing exclusive investigations, enterprise stories and long-form features that go beyond daily news cycles. She has a keen interest in using public records, official data and field reporting to uncover systemic issues and present complex subjects in an accessible manner. A graduate of the Asian College of Journalism, Hemani believes in rigorous, ethical and evidence-based reporting. She is passionate about investigative journalism and continuously seeks to expand her skills in data journalism, open-source investigations and digital reporting techniques.Read More