Overview
- The headless body was found on December 7 near Bahadurpur in Yamunanagar and later identified as Uma, about 30, the mother of a 13-year-old son.
- Bilal was arrested in Saharanpur around December 13, produced in court, and placed in four days of police remand.
- Based on his disclosure, officers recovered the severed head from a gorge near Laldhang in the Kalesar forest area, while the murder weapon remains untraced.
- Investigators say Bilal picked up Uma on December 6, drove for hours, strangled her near Kalesar, and dumped the body by the roadside before decapitating it to hamper identification.
- A Special Investigation Team used CCTV, mobile-location data, and the car’s registration across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, and police say the accused resumed wedding preparations before his arrest.