A man in Delhi was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly killing his two newborn daughters and burying them, the police said. They said the accused, Neeraj Solanki, was on the run since the alleged murder on June 3. He was arrested from Haryana.
According to the police, Pooja Solanki gave birth to twin girls in a hospital in Sector 36 in Haryana’s Rohtak on May 30 and the couple resided in the northwest Delhi’s Sultanpuri area.
“Accused was evading himself in Delhi and Haryana by changing his locations regularly,” the police said in an official statement, adding that they registered a murder case against the 32-year-old on June 21 after receiving a complaint from his wife.
How Police Probe Began
The police said they began the investigation in the case after they received a call at the Sultanpuri police station on June 3 about the “murder” of the two girls.
The caller said that his brother-in-law had killed his 3-day-old twin girls and buried them in a crematorium, the police said.
“After that police staff was deployed at cremation ground where children were buried and permission was taken from the concerned SDM (Sub Divisional Magistrate) to exhume the corpse of twins. On June 5, after getting permission, corpse of twins was exhumed and the bodies were preserved at a mortuary in Mangolpuri. On June 6, post mortem of corpse of twins were got conducted and bodies were handed over to maternal uncle,” they said.
How Neeraj Solanki Was Caught
The police said that a team of the crime branch was tasked to trace Neeraj Solanki, a graduate of the Delhi University who survived on his rented properties.
During preliminary investigation, surveillance was mounted, local sources as well as technical information was developed and teams were detailed.
“Inspector Yogesh and Vinod Yadav along with their team gathered information about the whereabouts of the absconding accused. Sub-Inspectors Dipender, Devi Dayal and Imran and Head Constable Parmanand further gathered technical information about the accused,” the police said.
“On the basis of information gathered, Head Constable Rajbir analyzed scores of technical data and it was noticed that accused person was changing his mobile handset, SIMs and hideouts frequently to dodge police and to evade his arrest. Due to dedicated, speedy and precise technical analysis, current hideout/location of accused was zeroed,” they added.
The team then conducted raids at various places in Delhi and Haryana in search of Neeraj Solanki, who was eventually arrested from Sampla in Haryana’s Rohtak.
During interrogation, he confessed his involvement in the murder case, the police said.