Sakshi murder case: Sahil reveals real reason behind killing minor girlfriend, says ‘she wanted to…’

In the gruesome Shahbad Dairy murder case in Delhi, prime accused Sahil has revealed the real reason behind killing his minor girlfriend Sakshi.

DNA | May 31, 2023 : The Delhi Police on Wednesday recreated the scene of crime in northwest Delhi's Shahbad Dairy, where 20-year-old Sahil allegedly killed a 16-year-old girl, even as the investigators are yet to find the murder weapon three days after the incident, officials said. 

Police have also recorded the statements of three friends of the victim. Fresh CCTV footage has emerged in which the victim is seen walking on a street minutes before she was killed. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded death penalty for the accused and alleged that the killing was a fallout of "love jihad". 

Police said Sahil was taken to the spot in the early hours of Wednesday.

"Due to security concerns, Sahil was taken to the spot in the early hours of Wednesday. We recreated the scene of the crime to establish the sequence of events and understand how he executed the crime and what did he do after that," a senior police officer said. 

Sahil allegedly threw away the knife he used to kill Sakshi into the bushes at Rithala. The knife is yet to be recovered, the officer said. 

According to police, three of Sakshi's friends -- Bhawna, Ajay alias Jhabru and Neetu -- were called to join the investigation and their statements have been recorded.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Ravi Kumar Singh said, "We have the accused in our custody and his interrogation is underway. We are looking at all aspects to connect the links. We are working to unearth the role of all the individuals involved in the incident. Our teams are trying to recover the weapon used in the crime." 

A senior police officer said during interrogation, Sahil said he was angry after Sakshi rebuffed him in front of her friends and refused to get back to him. 

The probe carried out so far has revealed that no one was involved with Sahil in the crime, police said, adding that the accused has confessed to have executed it himself. He has also told police about the location in the forest area of Rithala where he threw the murder weapon but since it was dark on Sunday night, he has not been able to point out the exact spot. 

The friends of the victim who were questioned have been cooperative, police said, adding that they have revealed how despite Sakshi telling Sahil sternly that she did not want to continue in a relationship with him and to stay away from her, the accused kept following.

Police are likely to seek further custody of the accused for at least five days. 

Locals took out a candle march demanding strict punishment for the accused. Around 150 to 200 people took part in the march, which was taken out in a market area near the victim's residence. Ajay told police that Sakshi had complained to him about Sahil on Saturday. 

He told PTI Video, "On Saturday, Sakshi said Sahil was pestering her. Me, along with Bhawna and Sakshi, went to meet Sahil and asked him not to bother her. However, on Sunday, he committed the crime." 

"When I heard about the incident and went to the spot, I saw her body lying there. Her skull was ruptured and her intestines jutting out. I helped the police shift the body into an ambulance," he added.

The shocking CCTV footage from the Shahbad Dairy murder case in Rohini shocked the citizens of Delhi, and the prime suspect in the case, Sahil Khan, has now finally revealed the real motive behind murdering his minor girlfriend Sakshi, brutally stabbing her to death.

In the jarring CCTV footage from Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy, Sahil Khan can be seen brutally stabbing 16-year-old Sakshi to death, and then crushing her body and her head with a massive cement boulder. He was seen walking away from the scene of the crime, with no intervention by bystanders.

However, Sahil was soon taken into custody by the Uttar Pradesh Police and was presented in front of the Delhi Police for questioning. During the interrogation, the prime accused revealed the real reason behind the murder of the teen girl.

20-year-old Sahil Khan told the Delhi Police in the interrogation that Sakshi had plans to get back together with her ex-boyfriend Praveen Jain. Sakshi wanted to get back together with Praveen because he had a motorcycle, Sahil told the police, as per PTI reports.

Further, Sahil told the police that he had killed his minor girlfriend Sakshi in a fit of rage after she had broken up with him to get back together with Praveen. She had allegedly been dodging his calls and ignoring him and was trying to get in touch with Praveen once again.

The name ‘Praveen’ was also tattooed on the victim’s arm at the time of her death, according to the police. It is believed that Praveen is a man in his early 20s, and he currently lives in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur. He has been asked to come to Delhi and join the investigation.

While Sahil says that the murder was committed in a fit of rage, the accused had purchased the knife 15 days before stabbing her to death, and seven days before they had actually broken up. Sahil has been sent to 2 days judicial custody, and is currently undergoing interrogation. 

A 16-year-old named Sakshi was allegedly stabbed 22 times and had a stone slab slammed over her head by her boyfriend Sahil in the middle of the street in Rohini. The horrific incident was captured on CCTV and is going viral on social media platforms. Hours after Sakshi’s death, several shocking details have been revealed. 

The two had been bickering recently since the girl wanted to quit their three-year relationship. They stated that the girl had even threatened to report him to the police, said sources. 

According to reports from NDTV, Sakshi had pointed a toy pistol at her boyfriend Sahil a few days prior in an attempt to scare him away. 

Sakshi’s friend Neetu says, “It was my daughter’s birthday, so she had gone shopping. She bought clothes and said she is going to meet another friend of hers. But she never came back.”

The friend mentioned as reported in Times Now that Sakshi (victim) knew Sahil (murderer) for the past 3-4 years and she knew him for the past few months. 

The Delhi Police detained the 20-year-old at his aunt's residence in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The authorities are also looking into whether Sahil used a different name to become friends with the young woman..