New Delhi: Details emerged on how the Delhi Police cracked the murder of a Swiss woman named Nina Burger (36), whose body was recovered from West Delhi's Tilak Nagar area on Friday (October 20). The body of the woman was recovered next to the wall of an MCD school on Friday morning, sending shockwaves in the locality. However, the Police cracked the case in little over a day after analysing CCTV footage and following a chain of events that finally led to the arrest of Janakpuri accused Gurpreet.
Police also said they have seized the car used in the crime by the accused. He tied the hands and legs of the foreign woman and murdered her. After murdering the Swiss woman, accused Gurpreet dumped the body using the same car on a roadside in Tilak Nagar.
Accused met victim on a social media networking website four-years-ago
During the police interrogation, the accused revealed that he had met the woman through a social media networking website four years ago.
Accused called the girl to India from Switzerland on pretext of meeting her
"The accused called the girl from Switzerland to India on the pretext of meeting her and then tied the girl's hands and legs with a chain, saying that he would give her a surprise in 10 minutes and choked her to death," police added.
Accused wanted to marry victim, suspected her of having affairs with other men
According to reports, the accused wanted to marry the Swiss woman after knowing her for four years. However, he was enraged after she told him that she had a boyfriend and the accused also suspected her of having affairs with other men.
Accused bought car using the Aadhaar ID of a sex worker
The accused had purchased the car used for dumping the body of the Swiss national in the Tilak Nagar area by using the Aadhaar ID of a woman who is involved in sex trade, according to a report in the English daily The Times Of India. The man had taken the woman's Aadhaar card when she had visited him to give a massage to the accused, said the report.
Police scanned CCTV footage
The police scanned the CCTV footage, identified the registration number of the car, and nabbed the accused from his house. Also, the man had switched off the number he had used to buy the car. The police used technical surveillance and tracked down his second number to nab the accused.
Police recovered Rs 1.5 crore
Police said they have recovered Rs 1.5 crore from the accused, which he had allegedly acquired by selling the property.
