'Revenge murder': Delhi Police seeks death penalty for Sakshi murder accused

New Delhi, June 29: Murder of a 16-year-old girl in Shahbad Dairy area was well-planned, said Delhi Police on Thursday and stated that they have put together a watertight case to ensure the accused gets death.

"This was a case of well-planned murder which was carried out in revenge. We have all the evidence and within a month of the incident we have submitted the charge sheet to get justice for the family of the victim," Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Dependra Pathak informed.

"In the Sakshi murder case, we conducted a professional and focused investigation and filed a charge sheet before the court in record time." "We have tried to make the case as strong as possible so that the accused receives the harshest punishment, which is the death sentence," he added.

640-page chargesheet filed

Earlier the police filed a chargesheet against Sahil, who is accused of repeatedly stabbing and bludgeoning the minor girl to death in full public view in the northwest Delhi's Shahbad Dairy locality on May 28.

According to court sources, the 640-page charge sheet was filed before a POCSO court on Tuesday under POCSO's Section 12 (sexual harassment of a child) and sections of the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Along with the provisions of the Arms Act, the accused has been charged with IPC sections 302 (murder), 354 A (sexual harassment), and 509 (word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman).

Murder was caught on camera

The heinous murder was captured on CCTV, and the footage showed the youth thrusting a knife into the girl no less than 20 times as several others went by, yet no one moved to save her.

According to police, she had 34 injury marks on her body and her skull was smashed.

According to police, the investigation found that Sahil and Sakshi were in a relationship but frequently quarrelled. After a fight on May 27, Sahil decided to take revenge and brutally murdered her the next day.

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