Woman's body found stuffed in a sack in a public toilet in Delhi, 1 held
New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI): A woman's body was found stuffed in a sack inside a public toilet in the Ashok Vihar area here, police said on Sunday.
A 50-year-old man has been arrested in the case.
"On Saturday, the police responded to a call and discovered the body of a 22-year-old woman, later identified as Nandni alias Kallo, a vagabond from Gudmandi in Model Town," a senior police officer said.
Investigators focused on six tattoo marks on the victim's body to establish her identity.
"An FIR was registered and further investigation was taken up. Multiple teams were deployed to crack the case," said the senior police officer.
Over 100 CCTV cameras across WPIA, Laal Bagh, and Azadpur were examined, and more than 50 suspects were interrogated.
"Despite initial setbacks, crucial CCTV footage near the crime scene led the police to a suspect. The accused, Keshav Prasad (50), a labourer at Azadpur Fruit Mandi, was identified and later apprehended while attempting to flee to Vijayawada," said the officer.
During interrogation, he confessed to the crime, revealing that he had met the victim near the Azadpur flyover on the night of February 21-22. They went to his hut and had a meal together. When he attempted physical relations, she demanded Rs 10,000, leading to a quarrel, he said.
"In a fit of rage, Keshav strangled her, stuffed the body into a jute sack, and dumped it in the public toilet. The team have also recovered the victim's mobile phone on his instance," he said.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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SP has ended contract with I-PAC due to fund constraints: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow (PTI): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said his party has severed its association with the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) due to a lack of funds.
He dismissed speculations that the termination of contract was because of recent election results.
Addressing a press conference here, Yadav said the party had engaged I-PAC for a brief period ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections but could not continue the arrangement.
"Yes, we had an association. They worked with us for a few months, but we are not able to continue because we do not have that kind of funding," he said.
The I-PAC is a political consultancy firm known for managing major election campaigns across the country.
Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor has also been associated with the organisation in the past and has worked with multiple parties, including the BJP and the Congress.
In a lighter vein, Yadav took a swipe at the ecosystem of political consultancies. "We thought that if we have to work with a 'winning agency', then there are several big companies."
He said that some people suggested conducting surveys, hiring another firm, keeping a social media company, and even engaging agencies for negative campaigning against other parties.
"There are one or two more companies whose names are not yet known. I can get those for you as well," Yadav said.
Yadav rejected the suggestion that the decision to end the deal was influenced by recent election outcomes in states such as West Bengal.
"There is no such thing. Do not ask questions based on baseless reports. That is not true," he said.
"This is not the reason for ending the agreement. We simply do not have enough funds. If you (the media) give us funds, we can hire another company," the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said.
