New Delhi, A 31-year-old man, who went missing after leaving a restaurant in southeast Delhi to meet his former colleague, was allegedly murdered and his body dumped in a drain in Gurugram, police said on Thursday.
Photographs of the body were obtained and shown to Yuvraj’s family members, who identified it as him. Both accused were arrested and produced before a court, which granted them a five-day police custody remand. Yuvraj’s sister lodged a missing-person complaint at Lajpat Nagar police station on September 11, five days after he was last seen, according to the police. On September 6, Yuvraj had gone shopping with his sister at Central Market, Lajpat Nagar, and later visited Golden Dragon Restaurant in Lajpat Nagar-II. Around 4 pm, he left the restaurant saying he had a meeting in Gurugram and would return home by around 10 pm, police said.
The Delhi Police arrested the former colleague, Anya Vats, and her associate Sanyam Sachdeva in connection with the murder of Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, a resident of Sarita Vihar, they said. During the investigation, it was found that Yuvraj had a last phone call with Vats, his former office colleague, and had told his family that he was going to Gurugram to meet her, police said. The identification was also supported by the clothes and physical description visible in the photographs, police said.
When he failed to return and his mobile phone was found switched off, his family tried to trace him, following which a case under Section 140 of the BNS was registered, they said.
