May 21, 2018: A 15-year-old girl, whose dismembered body parts were found in a drain in outer Delhi a fortnight ago, was murdered for demanding her monthly salary, the police said on Sunday after arresting one of the killers from Nangloi.
The arrested accused was identified as Manjeet Karketa.
The killers had chopped the victim, identified as Soni Kumari’s, body into at least 12 pieces after killing her.
The victim, a native of a village near Ranchi, was hired as a domestic help for a monthly salary of Rs 6,500, but did not receive a single penny for the three years that she worked in Delhi, said Rajender Singh Sagar, additional deputy commissioner of police (outer). She worked as a full-time help at a businessman’s house in south Delhi’s East of Kailash area, said the officer.
“The employer would pay the monthly salary, but the people who brought her to Delhi were pocketing the money,” said the officer.
Police said four persons, including a woman who works as a domestic help and the arrested accused Manjeet Karketa, were involved in the girl’s murder. The alleged motive behind the murder emerged after police arrested one of the suspects from Jharkhand on Thursday.
