Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Delhi Man's Family Received Fake 'I'm Fine' Messages Before Cremation
Yuvraj Singh Manchanda was getting ready to marry in about a month.
He went to meet a former coworker named Anya Vats in Gurugram.
Police say Anya shot him while her husband drove their car.
The couple allegedly left his body in a drain.
Yuvraj’s family received messages saying he was safe, but police say the couple sent them.
His family reported him missing when he stopped answering calls.
Police later arrested the couple and suspected a money dispute.
The family is upset because the body was cremated before they were told about his death.
Yuvraj Singh Manchanda disappeared after meeting former colleague Anya Vats in Gurugram on September 6.
Police allege Anya Vats shot Yuvraj in the neck inside an SUV driven by her husband, Sanyam Sachdeva.
Investigators suspect a financial dispute linked to the couple’s previous real estate work as the motive.
Yuvraj’s family received WhatsApp messages saying he was fine, which police say were sent by the accused couple.
Police found and cremated the body before informing the family, who allege officials failed to follow identification procedures properly.
- Who
- Yuvraj Singh Manchanda; former colleague Anya Vats; and her husband, Sanyam Sachdeva.
- What
- Yuvraj was allegedly shot and killed, and his body was dumped in a drain; police say the accused later sent messages from his phone.
- When
- Yuvraj disappeared on September 6; his family filed a missing-person report on September 11; police cremated the body on September 14 and informed the family two days later.
- Where
- The alleged shooting occurred in an SUV in Gurugram, and the body was found in a drain; the missing-person report was filed at Lajpat Nagar police station.
- Why
- Police suspect a financial dispute connected to the accused couple’s previous real estate work with Yuvraj.
Family’s Allegations
Police Account
Handling of the body
Family’s Allegations
Yuvraj’s family says police found the body on September 10 but failed to inform them promptly or upload identification information to ZIPNET in time.
Police Account
Police say the body was decomposed and was kept for three days before being cremated under procedures for unidentified bodies.
Evidence and belongings
Family’s Allegations
The family says officials gave them none of Yuvraj’s belongings and has demanded preservation of the post-mortem report, inquiry papers, photographs, DNA samples, and personal items.
Police Account
The available report states that police cremated the body after it remained unidentified; it does not provide a response to the family’s specific demands.
- Victim
- Yuvraj Singh Manchanda
- Accused
- Anya Vats and Sanyam Sachdeva
- Disappearance
- September 6, after Yuvraj left for an urgent meeting in Gurugram
- Reported missing
- September 11, at Lajpat Nagar police station
- Body
- Found in a drain by Gurugram police and cremated on September 14
- Police action
- The accused couple was arrested and sent to five days of police custody
- Suspected motive
- A financial dispute