Man Kills Ex-Girlfriend & Infant Over Abortion Dispute

Man Kills Ex-Girlfriend & Infant Over Abortion: A 23-year-old man was arrested from Haldwani in Uttarakhand for allegedly killing his former live-in partner and her friend’s six-month-old daughter at a house in north Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tila on Tuesday.

Police said the accused suspected Arya, 22, of being influenced by Durgesh Kumar, the husband of her friend Rashmi Devi, where Arya had been staying for the past few weeks. Nikhil works as a food delivery agent, police said.

Officers aware of the investigation said the accused killed the child in “revenge” as he suspected Arya of being pregnant and blamed the infant’s father for helping her to abort the child.

Police said Nikhil and Arya met during a programme in Haldwani in 2023 and began a relationship. Arya became pregnant but was unable to get an abortion and gave birth to a child in 2024. Since they were unmarried, they allegedly sold the baby in Uttarakhand to someone for Rs 2 lakh and moved to Delhi. Nikhil later suspected Sonal of having an affair with Durgesh and found chats between them.

When Arya became pregnant again and chose to abort the child despite Nikhil’s objections, he believed Durgesh was responsible. On Tuesday, Nikhil went to Durgesh’s house in Majnu Ka Tila, where Arya was staying. An argument broke out, and Nikhil allegedly slit Arya’s throat with a surgical blade. He also killed Durgesh’s six-month-old daughter, who was present in the house at the time, a senior police officer said.

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At the Sabzi Mandi mortuary on Wednesday, Arya’s family members said she was tired of being abused by Nikhil and left him in January. She also filed a complaint at the Civil Lines police station on June 24.

Arya’s sister, Hema Arya, 28, said her sister came to stay with her in January after leaving Nikhil’s house in Aruna Nagar, and that their parents lived in Nainital.

“She started living with Nikhil and his family — father, brother and sister — about two years ago. He was obsessed with her. He used to shout at her and beat her up for the smallest of things. He wouldn’t even let her break up and leave if she wanted to. But in January, she decided to move out,” Hema said.

Their mother, 50-year-old Asha Arya, said that Nikhil would often call and blame them for the break-up. “He used to call and shout at us too. He used to tell our daughter that I didn’t want them to be together. He used to act like a maniac. When my daughter came to Nainital last year, he called her so many times and didn’t let her stay with us. He even came to Nainital,” the mother said.

In one instance, Hema recalled that Arya called her last month when she was in office, and she got a video call from Arya. “She video-called me and said that Nikhil was outside shouting and she had locked the door. She was really scared,” Hema said.

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They said that Nikhil started sharing Arya’s photos on social media, following which she approached the police. “She lodged the complaint at the Civil Lines police station, demanding that the photos be deleted. The officials then called him and asked him to remove the photographs. She also demanded her belongings back from his house,” Hema said.

From the police station, her family said, Arya went to her friend Devi’s house. “Devi and her husband would often call her and ask her to stay with them. She was also very attached to the kids, so she went to their house on June 24 and had been staying there since,” Hema said.

“Through technical surveillance and human intelligence, we learnt that Nikhil had fled to Haldwani, where he planned to collect cash and escape to Nepal,” he said.

Based on leads from Nikhil’s friends and relatives, the police dispatched a team to Haldwani and another to the Banbasa border near Tanakpur, Uttarakhand. “We were also tracking his multiple mobile numbers and physically following one of his known associates,” the officer said.

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