Nikki Yadav murder case: Court extends Sahil Gehlot's police custody by 2 days

A court here allowed the Delhi Police on Monday to quiz Sahil Gehlot accused of killing his girlfriend Nikki Yadav and stuffing her body into a refrigerator in southwest Delhi for two more days to unravel the caseMeanwhile the investigating officer IO informed the court that the identity of the priest who solemnised the marriage between the accused and the victim in October 2020 was ascertained and verifiedBesides extending Gehlots police custody by two days the link court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samiksha Gupta remanded the other five coaccused in the case in judicial custody for 14 daysThe IO had sought a threeday extension of Gehlots custodial interrogationThe officer informed the court that information about the alleged murder committed on February 10 was received four days later following which Gehlot was arrested and the victims body found at his instanceAlso readMumbai weather update With temperatures above 37 degrees C IMD issues heatwave alert for next two daysDuring interrogation Gehlot revealed the route he had taken with the victim in a car on the fateful day the IO saidThe route covered places such as Nizamuddin Anand Vihar Nigambodh Ghat and finally the dhaba eatery of the accused in Mitraon village he addedThe officer said the route taken by Gehlot was verified and crosschecked with the help of CCTV footageThe accused went to the victims house around 1 am on February 10 and came out of her house at 6 am We have the CCTV footage of Gehlot coming out of Yadavs house the IO told the courtDuring the investigation it came to light that Gehlot had secretly married Yadav in October 2020 and the victim was asking the accused to get a social sanction for the marriage the IO said adding that the identity of the priest who solemnised the marriage has been ascertained and verifiedMeanwhile Gehlots family was pressuring him to marry a woman of its choice and his engagement was fixed on February 9 he saidWhy do you want three days of police custody when you have identified the route and the priest the magistrate asked the IOTo this the officer said certain aspects related to the probe including a part of the route taken by the accused on the fateful day remain to be verifiedThe court then allowed two days of custodial interrogation of the accusedGehlot will now be produced before the court on February 22Last Tuesday Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Archana Beniwal had remanded Gehlot 24 in five days police custodyGehlots father Virender Singh cousins Naveen and Ashish and friends Lokesh and Amar were sent to police custody last Friday after they were produced before a duty magistratePolice had said the five coaccused were arrested after their roles in the killing of Yadav were ascertainedPolice had initially said Gehlot after being arrested on February 14 had confessed to killing Yadav as she was pressuring him to marry herIn a twist in the case police subsequently said Yadav was Gehlots wife and the couple had tied the knot in 2020According to a top Delhi Police officer Yadav was opposed to the impending marriage of Gehlot that his family had fixed Gehlot killed Yadav after he could not convince her to allow him to go ahead with the weddingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever