Investigations into the murder of 23-year-old Ankit Saxena by the family of girlfriend with in West Delhi's Khyala area on February 1 have revealed that Ankit's life could have been saved had his two friends Ashish and Rohan arrived on time. His friends said Ankit had called them to meet him in the evening, half an hour before he was killed.
The friends had created a facebook page with the name of Ankit Saxena, where they had shared their last conversation with Ankit.
Police officials said that Shehnaz, the girl's mother reportedly confessed before the police that she went inside her house to get the butcher's knife. Akbar Ali, the girl's father told police that for past three months, his daughter had been putting pressure on her family members to accept their relationship and on a few occasions had even threatened to elope with Ankit. This had enraged her family members who had started to harbour hatred towards Ankit.
They had gathered as per the plan to kill Ankit. Shehnaaz came to know that she will go out to meet Ankit. Shehnaaz then called her brother Salim to her house in Raghubir Nagar. It was at the girl's house where her mother, father and maternal uncle decided to “finish the chapter of Ankit for once and for all”, said an investigator.
It was only when Ankit's mother called him on the fateful day to inform that the girl's parents had come to their house. It was then that Ankit called his friends and asked them to come near the Tagore Garden metro station.
“His friends lamented that if they had been there, they could have saved Ankit’s life,” added the police officer.
Ankit’s friend Ashish Duggal said, “Ankit’s family was not aware about his relationship with the girl. Instead they were looking for a girl to get him married.”
Professional photographer Ankit (23) was killed in front of his mother over his relationship with a girl from a different religion in West Delhi's Khyala area on last Thursday evening.
The Delhi Police has arrested three accused persons while the fourth accused - a minor - has been detained. The Delhi Police on Friday requisitioned the services of the Central Para-Military Forces to maintain law and order in the area.
The girl told the media that her boyfriend was killed by her family members and that she was scared for her own life. She added that they were planning to get married soon.