In a bizarre story unfolding in northwest Delhi’s Ashok Vihar, a misplaced sense of caste loyalty, a twisted, medieval idea of honour and blinding rage seem to have turned some youngsters virtually into serial killers.’Honour killing’, which seemed to be a grotesque and macabre dance of death being enacted in the badlands of Haryana and UP, is now taking place within metropolitan Delhi, close enough to send a chill down the spines of the capital’s residents.
In the past 48 hours, three bodies have been found — two young women and a man — with bullet wounds in the head. Monica Gurjar Singh (24) and her husband, Kuldeep Singh, (26), were found to have been killed on Sunday night. On Tuesday morning, the body of Monica’s cousin, Shubha Nagar (20), was found with a hole in the head, left to rot in a Santro car in Ashok Vihar’s H block, barely a kilometre from the Ashok Vihar police station. Taken aback by the sheer brazenness of the murders, the cops are now scrambling to protect the boyfriend of Shubha, her sister, Khushboo, and the latter’s husband, Ravi, as the prime suspects — Monica’s brother, Ankit, and Shubha’s brother, Mandeep — remain on the loose. Their mobiles were traced to Rohtak in the morning and there were reports that they were moving in a Tata Safari. A team has been looking for them since then but has drawn a blank. Ravi’s family is apparently in Rohtak at present.
The police have issued a lookout notice against Ankit and Mandeep, as well as an associate of theirs, identified as Nakul. An unspecified reward will be paid for any information about them.
The cops said they found Shubha’s body around 8am on Tuesday in a black Santro car near a park in Ashok Vihar’s H block. “A resident noticed the car. There was a foul stench coming from it. A PCR team found the body which was lying in the passenger seat next to the driver. Her younger brother, Sandeep, confirmed her identity,’’ said joint commissioner (Northern Range) Karnal Singh.
Police suspect that Ankit and Mandeep are behind Shubha’s murder too. “Monica’s father, Jai Singh Nagar, told us that his son, Mandeep, had asked his youngest sister, Shubha, to come along with him to locate Khushboo who had eloped with Ravi. The brother and sister had walked out of the house,’’ said DCP (northwest) N S Bundela.
In an interesting twist, joint CP Singh said the Santro belonged to a Rajput family staying in Wazirpur village where the accused resided. “The car’s owner has been found to be one Rahul, a distant cousin of Kuldeep. He said the accused had come to their house around 6pm on Sunday and asked for the Santro car for a few hours. The accused said that since Monica had come back to Ashok Vihar, he should not hesitate in giving the car,’’ said Singh.
Dark Age In Modern Delhi
THE VICTIMS
Kuldeep Singh (26) | HCL executive, son of wealthy Rajput landowner in Wazirpur village. Braved family disapproval to marry Gujjar girl Monica Shot dead in his car near his Ashok Vihar house
Monica Gurjar Singh (24) | Ran away from her home to marry Kuldeep, her neighbour, in 2006. Found dead in her bedroom
Shubha Nagar (20) | Monica’s cousin and sister of accused Mandeep Gurjar. Fled home in early May to pave way for elder sister, Khushboo, to elope later that month. Found dead in a car
THE CAUSE
Monica’s intercaste wedding was seen to have ‘emboldened’ her cousins, Khushboo and Shubha, to choose their own life partners. Khushboo married her Kashmiri boyfriend while Shubha briefly eloped with a boy from Bihar
THE SUSPECTS
Ankit Gurjar and Mandeep Nagar | Monica’s brother, Ankit, and Shubha’s brother, Mandeep, both cousins, are alleged to have plotted to kill Monica, Kuldeep and Shubha
Ankit and Mandeep are on the run. Their mobiles have been traced to Rohtak where the family of Khushboo’s husband is located
Kuldeep & Monica
Ankit Gurjar
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