In Delhi's Timarpur area (Gandhi Vihar), UPSC aspirant Ramkesh Meena was found dead following a house fire. Delhi Police determined that Meena had been murdered by strangulation prior to the fire. Investigation revealed that his live-in partner, Amrita Chauhan (a second-year forensic science student), allegedly planned the murder because Meena possessed private photos and videos of her that he refused to delete. Chauhan allegedly enlisted her ex-boyfriend, Sumit Kashyap (an LPG delivery worker), and his neighbor, Sandeep Kumar (a sanitation worker at a police training centre preparing for SSC CGL). Kashyap allegedly advised turning on an LPG cylinder regulator and applying oil/ghee to the victim's body to stage an accidental explosion and fire. All three suspects were arrested by Delhi Police and remanded to judicial custody. Chauhan's family in Moradabad, UP, had previously disowned her via a newspaper advertisement in July 2024 due to disputes over her conduct.
Country: India
State/Province: Delhi, India
City/Region: Timarpur
Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide
Relationship Status: Live-in relationship
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Incident Date: Oct. 6, 2024
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Crime Tak - India · Original language: Hindi
Delhi: जिस Girlfriend ने Boyfriend को मारा उसके परिवार ने साल 2024 में किया था ये ऐलान, फंसा पेंच
Domestic Violence
Amrita Chauhan was in a live-in relationship with UPSC student Ramkesh Meena in Delhi. Conflict arose over private intimate photos and videos that Meena allegedly retained and refused to remove. Instead of seeking legal or institutional remedies, Chauhan involved her ex-boyfriend Sumit Kashyap and his associate Sandeep Kumar to murder Meena by strangulation and attempt scene concealment through staged arson using an LPG cylinder.
Delhi Police initially responded to a fire and suspected explosion at Gandhi Vihar, Timarpur. Technical investigation, CCTV analysis, call detail records, and forensic examination revealed Ramkesh Meena was strangled prior to the fire. Three suspects—Amrita Chauhan, Sumit Kashyap, and Sandeep Kumar—were arrested in late October 2024 and placed in 14-day judicial custody. Amrita's family in Moradabad had published a newspaper notice on July 8, 2024, disowning her. Sandeep's father publicly maintained his son's innocence, stating Sandeep was merely delivering clothes requested by Sumit.
The crime scene was artificially modified with ghee, oil, and an open LPG cylinder regulator to trigger an explosion and fire, leading initial responders to perceive it as an accidental utility fire or AC explosion. Forensic autopsy established strangulation prior to burning, exposing the arson as staging.
Facing harassment over private media held by Ramkesh Meena, Amrita Chauhan contacted ex-boyfriend Sumit Kashyap. Kashyap utilized his knowledge as a cylinder delivery worker to devise an arson staging plan and brought along neighbor Sandeep Kumar. On October 6, 2024, the conspirators strangled Meena, doused his body with flammable substances, turned on the LPG regulator, and departed shortly before an explosion occurred. Delhi Police traced Sandeep and Sumit via CCTV and phone records, exposing the conspiracy and resulting in arrests.
The case highlights critical risk factors involving coercive leverage or extortion using private media within intimate relationships. Escalating conflicts around non-consensual media retention can motivate lethal violence and multi-person criminal conspiracies when institutional intervention is absent.
Perpetrators of domestic homicides may utilize arson and hazardous household items to simulate accidental deaths. Rapid forensic analysis and digital evidence tracking (CCTV and CDRs) remain primary mechanisms for identifying staged crime scenes.
Amrita Chauhan's family had severed ties with her via a public newspaper notice in July 2024 due to behavioral conflicts. Additionally, severe interpersonal tension existed between Chauhan and Meena over private media retention.
CCTV footage recorded Sandeep Kumar carrying a bag/clothes near the crime scene, and mobile call logs established frequent contact between Chauhan, Kashyap, and Kumar around the incident date.
Autopsy findings indicating strangulation, CCTV footage, mobile location data, call detail records (CDRs), and physical crime scene indicators including the LPG cylinder regulator position.
Sandeep's father stated during a news interview that his son works as a sanitation worker at a police training centre while preparing for CGL examinations. He claimed Sandeep only went to Delhi to deliver clothes after Sumit called him saying he was in trouble, and asserted that Sandeep had no connection to Amrita Chauhan or any murder plot.
Initial perceptions of an accidental fire or cylinder blast were disproved following forensic post-mortem results showing strangulation and technical evidence linking all three suspects to the scene.
The precise physical division of labor among the three suspects during the strangulation and staging remains subject to judicial proceedings and formal prosecution charges.