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No headway in Shobhit Modi murder case
It was around 10 pm on May 5, 2011 that a 20-year-old engineering student Shobhit Modi was stabbed to death near his residence in Vasant Kunj area.
It has been a year since the murder, the investigation of the case has been transferred from South Delhi police to the Crime Branch, but till today there has been no headway in the case. The wait for justice to the aggrieved family members is getting longer with each passing day.
Shobhit, an MBA student in Manav Rachna International University, was found with four stab wounds one on his chest, one in abdomen and two in the back near his residence in Vasant Kunj C-block. His father rushed him to hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.
The local police officials, who were investigating the case in the initial stage, were of the view that it is the handwork of some rag picker or drug addict. Police questioned almost all history-sheeters and rag-pickers around the area, but saw no substantial development in investigation. Further, Delhi police profiled more than 7,500 people in connection with the murder case, including 1,200 auto drivers and 1,400 employees of the Vasant Kunj DLF Promenade Mall, where he was last seen.
However, police have not been able to crack the case yet and they are still clueless about the killer’s motive. They had also announced a reward of Rs one lakh for any information which could help in finding the murderer. Some officials in the Delhi police believed that the case could have been solved at the initial stage only, but the sudden involvement of victim’s family members hampered the probe.
“The family members had pointed fingers at all of Shobhit’s friends from time to time and alleged police negligence in handling the case,” said the officer. Now, a team of crime branch is looking into the case.
Shobhit’s father, who was unsatisfied with the way Delhi police was investigating the case, had also requested a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the case.
The case in now being investigated by the Crime Branch. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Ashok Chand said, “The Crime Branch is making all possible efforts to make a headway in the case.”
For investigating the case for more than six months, the case was transferred to the Crime Branch of Delhi police. The officers of Crime Branch visited south district and took the call details of Shobhit Modi and everybody connected with him. Police had also stumbled upon the role of a female friend in the incident. According to sources, Shobhit’s family told police that they had been threatened by someone claiming to be a senior government official to be away from the girl. Investigators questioned Shobhit’s female friend in question to verify the family’s claims.
The family also claimed that Shobhit was threatened by some unidentified people outside his college, Manav Rachna University, about four months before his death. Police also took help from the cyber cell of Delhi police in finding out clues from his Facebook account and his
i-Pod which he kept locked with a password, but ended up in vain.
It was around 10 pm on May 5, 2011 that a 20-year-old engineering student Shobhit Modi was stabbed to death near his residence in Vasant Kunj area.
It has been a year since the murder, the investigation of the case has been transferred from South Delhi police to the Crime Branch, but till today there has been no headway in the case. The wait for justice to the aggrieved family members is getting longer with each passing day.
Shobhit, an MBA student in Manav Rachna International University, was found with four stab wounds one on his chest, one in abdomen and two in the back near his residence in Vasant Kunj C-block. His father rushed him to hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.
The local police officials, who were investigating the case in the initial stage, were of the view that it is the handwork of some rag picker or drug addict. Police questioned almost all history-sheeters and rag-pickers around the area, but saw no substantial development in investigation. Further, Delhi police profiled more than 7,500 people in connection with the murder case, including 1,200 auto drivers and 1,400 employees of the Vasant Kunj DLF Promenade Mall, where he was last seen.
However, police have not been able to crack the case yet and they are still clueless about the killer’s motive. They had also announced a reward of Rs one lakh for any information which could help in finding the murderer. Some officials in the Delhi police believed that the case could have been solved at the initial stage only, but the sudden involvement of victim’s family members hampered the probe.
“The family members had pointed fingers at all of Shobhit’s friends from time to time and alleged police negligence in handling the case,” said the officer. Now, a team of crime branch is looking into the case.
Shobhit’s father, who was unsatisfied with the way Delhi police was investigating the case, had also requested a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the case.
The case in now being investigated by the Crime Branch. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Ashok Chand said, “The Crime Branch is making all possible efforts to make a headway in the case.”
For investigating the case for more than six months, the case was transferred to the Crime Branch of Delhi police. The officers of Crime Branch visited south district and took the call details of Shobhit Modi and everybody connected with him. Police had also stumbled upon the role of a female friend in the incident. According to sources, Shobhit’s family told police that they had been threatened by someone claiming to be a senior government official to be away from the girl. Investigators questioned Shobhit’s female friend in question to verify the family’s claims.
The family also claimed that Shobhit was threatened by some unidentified people outside his college, Manav Rachna University, about four months before his death. Police also took help from the cyber cell of Delhi police in finding out clues from his Facebook account and his
i-Pod which he kept locked with a password, but ended up in vain.
