Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Delhi man's staged suicide photo of daughter leads to arrest
An 18-year-old woman from Delhi is missing after a trip to a river.
Police believe her father and brother-in-law drowned her in the Chambal river near Agra.
They say the men were afraid of what people would say because the woman was unmarried and pregnant.
The woman was about four months pregnant, according to police.
Photos of the father and daughter standing in the river water were taken just before the incident.
The family planned for the photos to make her death look like a suicide.
Instead, the photos helped police arrest the two men on August 2.
The woman's body has not been found yet.
Divers are still searching the river for her.
An 18-year-old woman from Delhi was allegedly drowned by her father and brother-in-law on July 30 in the Chambal river near Agra.
Police said the alleged motive was fear of social stigma because the unmarried woman was about four months pregnant.
Photographs of the father and daughter standing in the water, taken moments before the alleged drowning, were meant to make the death look like suicide.
Instead of hiding the crime, the photographs led to the arrests of the two men on August 2.
The victim's body has not yet been recovered, and divers are continuing to search the river.
- Who
- An 18-year-old woman from Delhi, allegedly drowned by her father and brother-in-law.
- What
- The woman was allegedly drowned in the Chambal river and her death staged as a suicide, with photographs intended to support the cover-up instead leading to the suspects' arrest.
- When
- The alleged drowning occurred on July 30; the father and brother-in-law were arrested on August 2.
- Where
- Chambal river near Basoni in Agra, around 220 km from Delhi.
- Why
- The men allegedly feared social stigma because the unmarried woman was about four months pregnant.
- Victim
- 18-year-old woman, Delhi resident, unmarried and about four months pregnant
- Suspects
- Victim's father and brother-in-law
- Alleged crime
- Drowning of the woman, staged as suicide
- Date of incident
- July 30
- Date of arrest
- August 2
- Location
- Chambal river near Basoni, Agra, about 220 km from Delhi
- Body status
- Not recovered; divers continuing to search the river