Six days after the physique of a 31-year-old Delhi man was recovered in Gurugram, police uploaded his particulars on the Zipnet portal underneath the improper class, itemizing him as an “Unidentified Individual Discovered” as a substitute of an “Unidentified Physique Discovered”, HT learnt on Saturday.
Zonal Built-in Police Community (Zipnet) is a web-based platform utilized by police to share info on lacking individuals, unidentified and recovered our bodies, stolen autos and different instances.
Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, an actual property gross sales skilled allegedly killed by his former colleague and her associate in Gurugram, had gone lacking on September 6.
Manchanda was set to get married in October and had gone to Lajpat Nagar together with his sister Karishma to purchase a sherwani. That was the final time Karishma noticed him. After that, he headed to Gurugram “for some work associated assembly”. When he didn’t return residence that evening, his household known as him a number of instances, solely to obtain a textual content from his cellphone the following day saying he was finalising an necessary deal and would name quickly. This went on until September 8, when his cellphone was switched off.
The accused, police claimed, have been texting from Manchanda’s cellphone. He had been shot lifeless on September 6. For 2 days, his physique was within the automobile. On September 8, they dumped his physique in a sewer in Gurugram and fled to Uttarakhand. On September 10, his physique was fished out from a sewer in Gurugram and, 4 days later, it was allegedly cremated by Gurugram Police.
Delhi Police uploaded his lacking individuals particulars on September 11 after the household submitted a criticism.
In the meantime, Gurugram Police entered the main points of the physique solely on September 16 — two days after he was cremated as an unidentified individual — however within the improper part, based on the portal.
The lapse has come to mild after the arrest of Manchanda’s former colleague Anya Vats and her associate Sanyam Sachdeva from Uttarakhand on Wednesday in connection together with his demise.
Zipnet entries
HT seemed on the two entries on Zipnet uploaded by Delhi Police and Gurugram Police.
The Delhi Police entry, filed underneath Lacking Individuals, mentions the FIR quantity, the situation in Lajpat Nagar the place he was final seen, {a photograph} of Manchanda, the date he went lacking, and many others. Different main identifiers are — “Sikh”, 173 cm top, robust construct, shallow complexion, regular lengthy black hair, black shirt-blue pant, metal kada and gold ring on proper hand.
The Gurugram Police entry — underneath Unidentified Individuals Discovered — mentions the discovered date as September 10, DD entry as September 14 and report/add date as September 16. It features a photograph of a lifeless physique (Manchanda) mendacity in mud with a black shirt and lengthy hair. Particulars talked about are — male, 30-40 age, Sikh, regular construct, wheatish complexion, regular lengthy black hair, bearded, black shirt and black pant.
HT accessed pictures of the recovered physique, which present a watch and a kada, however these haven’t been included within the Zipnet type.
In accordance with the usual working process (SOP) issued underneath the Delhi Police’s “Duties of Police Relating to Lacking Individuals and Unidentified Lifeless-Our bodies”, accessed by HT, police are required to {photograph} an unidentified physique and the crime scene, acquire proof and add particulars on Zipnet. “Hue-and-cry” notices and commercials in native newspapers are additionally required. If a physique stays unclaimed at a mortuary for 72 hours, police can proceed with the final rites, whereas belongings are required to be preserved.
Delhi Police alleged that Gurugram Police uploaded Manchanda’s particulars on Zipnet six days after his physique was recovered and didn’t protect his garments.
Gurugram Police, nonetheless, denied the allegations. Station Home Officer (SHO) of the Badshahpur police station Rajesh Bagri mentioned particulars of the physique have been uploaded on Zipnet on September 16. The police management room was alerted in regards to the restoration on September 10 and the data, together with particulars of the physique, was relayed to neighbouring management rooms, he added.
Household disputes police account
Manchanda’s sister Karishma, nonetheless, disputed this account. “They cremated the physique on September 14… The investigators caught the accused on September 16 they usually learnt that my brother was murdered on September 6 and that the physique was in Gurugram. After I learnt of this, I rushed to Gurugram to gather my brother’s ashes. However after ready on the Badshahpur police station for 3 hours, the police advised me that the ashes had been discarded,” she mentioned.
“In entrance of me, they uploaded particulars on Zipnet. Why did they put particulars on September 16? The physique was discovered six days earlier than! How is that doable? I’m shocked,” she added.
The household on Friday had alleged that Gurugram Police destroyed all proof, cremated him as an unidentified individual and didn’t protect his belongings.
HT reported that after Manchanda was killed on September 6, the accused stored texting his household from his cellphone for the following two days to “mislead” them.