Delhi Student Plots Murder to Destroy Hard Disk Hiding Private Videos of Multiple Women
A forensics student murdered her partner to destroy a hard disk of secretly recorded private videos.
On October 6, 2025, the charred remains of 32-year-old civil services aspirant Ram Kesh Meena were discovered in his Timarpur flat in north Delhi following a massive fire. What initially appeared to be a tragic accident was soon revealed as a meticulously planned murder—driven by a hard disk containing private videos of at least 15 women, including Meena’s live-in partner, Amrita Chauhan.
Amrita, 21, a forensics student with a fascination for crime thrillers, confessed to plotting the murder with her ex-boyfriend Sumit Kashyap and friend Sandeep Kumar. She claimed Meena had recorded her intimate videos without consent and refused to delete them. Fearing public humiliation, the trio beat and strangled Meena on October 5, doused his body in oil, ghee, and wine, and staged an explosion using a gas cylinder to mask the crime.
Despite their calculated cover-up, CCTV footage betrayed them. Police spotted two masked individuals entering the building that night, followed by Amrita and another man leaving separately. Her phone went dark post-incident, but raids led to her arrest on October 18. Under interrogation, she implicated Sumit (arrested October 21) and Sandeep (October 23). Sumit, who worked in LPG distribution, used his knowledge to time the blast, while Amrita applied forensic tactics to eliminate evidence.
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The recovered hard disk unveiled a disturbing pattern: videos of at least 15 women stored without consent, violating the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Section 77) and IT Act. Police confirmed the content but withheld details to protect victims from stigma. “Capturing or sharing such images without consent is punishable by 1 to 7 years in prison,” said Special CP Ravindra Yadav.
Amrita’s academic background in forensics and Sumit’s technical know-how nearly fooled investigators. Though the post-mortem confirmed strangulation, their staging could have misled a cursory probe. This chilling case exposes the lethal intersection of digital privacy breaches, voyeurism, and cold-blooded revenge.
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