On May 18, a woman was murdered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, by having her throat slit in public by two masked assailants. Subsequent investigations revealed that the victim's husband, Kishore Singh, allegedly conspired with his girlfriend (a salon owner originally from Ghaziabad) to eliminate his wife. The girlfriend arranged a ₹5 lakh contract killing with 24-year-old Instagram influencer Sukhpreet Singh (alias Sukhratia) and his maternal cousin Gurpreet Singh, both of whom had moved from Haryana to Mumbai in 2022 aiming to pursue modeling. The perpetrators ordered a knife online, conducted surveillance on the victim's routine, stalked her, and carried out the fatal attack. A joint operation by the Noida unit of the UP STF and the Navi Mumbai Police apprehended Sukhpreet and Gurpreet near the Ghanta Roundabout in Surajpur, Gautam Buddh Nagar, as they attempted to flee. Police registered charges under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and initiated proceedings to take Kishore Singh into custody.
Country: India
State/Province: Maharashtra, India
City/Region: Navi Mumbai
Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide
Relationship Status: Married
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Incident Date: May 18, 2025
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Contract Killing
The case demonstrates a planned domestic murder-for-hire scheme driven by marital infidelity. Rather than committing direct physical violence, the husband utilized his girlfriend to hire outside contract killers. The hired individuals—aspiring models with a social media presence—were motivated by quick financial gain to commit a pre-planned street homicide using digital procurement and surveillance.
A case was initially registered at the NRI Sagari police station in Navi Mumbai under BNS sections 103(1), 66, and 61(2). Navi Mumbai Police sought assistance from the UP STF Noida unit upon losing tracks of the fleeing suspects. The joint operation yielded the arrest of Sukhpreet Singh and Gurpreet Singh near Ghanta Roundabout in Surajpur, Gautam Buddh Nagar. Police recovered CCTV footage capturing the attack and established that the weapon was purchased online. Steps were undertaken to arrest the husband, Kishore Singh.
Initial challenges arose as the murder appeared to be an anonymous violent street attack by masked assailants. Tracking the digital footprint, online purchase records, and localized surveillance allowed investigators to trace the connection back to the salon owner, the victim's husband, and the hired influencers.
Kishore Singh sought to eliminate his wife while involved in an extramarital relationship with a salon owner. The girlfriend introduced two struggling model aspirants, Sukhpreet and Gurpreet, offering them ₹5 lakh. Sukhpreet ordered a knife online and monitored the victim's movements. On May 18, Sukhpreet and Gurpreet stalked her in Navi Mumbai and slit her throat before absconding to Uttar Pradesh, where they were later apprehended.
The situation reflected high lethal risk characterized by an extramarital affair, covert pre-planning, financial solicitation, and third-party facilitation. The procurement of weapons online and pre-incident target surveillance indicated high operational deliberation and total absence of behavioral leakages prior to execution.
Highlights the intersection of extramarital disputes and outsourced contract killings via non-traditional networks, including social media personalities seeking financial shortcuts. Demonstrates the critical utility of inter-state law enforcement collaboration and CCTV/digital procurement tracing.
According to reported facts, the primary pre-incident signal was the deliberate surveillance (recci) conducted on the victim's daily routine and the online ordering of the murder weapon.
CCTV footage capturing the masked perpetrators, digital records of the online knife purchase, and intelligence regarding the suspects' flight path to Gautam Buddh Nagar were critical in connecting the crime to the suspects.
Key evidence includes CCTV footage of the street attack, confession statements from Sukhpreet Singh during interrogation, mobile tracking data, and records of the online weapon purchase.
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Initial reports of an unidentified street murder evolved into a confirmed contract killing conspiracy involving the victim's husband, his girlfriend, and two hired Instagram content creators.
It remains unclear whether Sukhpreet Singh had any prior involvement with organized crime gangs or previous contract violence, and formal prosecution details for Kishore Singh and the salon owner are pending complete legal processing.