Overview
- Hapur police arrested Ankit Kumar and his wife Kalista, who operated Srishti Enterprises, in a joint operation with the district SWAT team.
- Investigators say the 22-year-old from Simdega was assaulted in late August and beaten to death after threatening to complain, with her remains discovered on December 1 near NH-9.
- Officers recovered the victim’s phone, additional mobiles containing incriminating videos, receipt books, and a stick suspected to be the weapon.
- A domestic worker who witnessed the killing later alerted a Delhi employer, whose tip led police to a Vivek Vihar missing report after an initial lack of action by local authorities.
- Police allege the couple exploited domestic workers by withholding wages, kept the body in their rented room for two days using spray to mask odor, and are now in judicial custody as further inquiries continue.