A day after the body of missing model Sheetal was recovered from a canal in Haryana with stab wounds on her neck, the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) arrested her boyfriend, Sunil, who has confessed to the murder.
Sunil, a resident of Israna, told police he killed Sheetal by stabbing her and then staged a fake accident by pushing her car into a canal near Kharkhoda in Sonipat to mislead the investigation. According to senior police officer Satish Vats, the motive behind the murder was a conflict that arose after Sheetal discovered that Sunil was already married.
Sheetal, who worked in the Haryana music industry, had gone missing on June 14 after leaving for a shoot in Ahar village. Her family, residents of Satkartar Colony in Panipat, filed a missing person’s report at Matlauda police station after she didn’t return home. CIA-1 in-charge Sub-Inspector Sandeep confirmed that the complaint was lodged by her sister, who stated that Sheetal lived with her and four other siblings.
Following the report, a case under Section 127(6) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered and a search operation was launched. On the morning of June 16, Sheetal’s body was found and sent for post-mortem to PGI Khanpur. A murder case was registered after the family’s statements were recorded.
Sunil was later arrested near Park Hospital and confessed to the crime during interrogation. Police are now trying to recover the knife used in the murder. He is expected to be presented before the court later in the day.
