Overview
- Relatives of Sahib Singh from Punjab and Yuvraj from Haryana say new photos and Mexico-issued papers indicate both were killed in March 2025 after months in captivity.
- Families report the youths were kidnapped in Guatemala in December 2024, with videos showing beatings and threats while ransom demands escalated.
- Documents shared with families include a hospital certificate dated March 4, 2025, that does not name the victims, and one family says a certificate cites a bullet injury.
- An intermediary identifying himself as Paul allegedly took payments to provide information, then sent body photos and the purported death certificates.
- Police in Haryana have arrested three locally based agents accused of arranging the journey, while verification of the deaths and any repatriation of remains remain unresolved.