Archive · 28 Nov 2025
Taxi Driver Convicted in 15-Year-Old Rape-Murder Case
A taxi driver named Monu Kumar was found guilty of raping and murdering a 21-year-old MBA student in 2010.
The case was solved after 15 years using DNA evidence from the victim's clothes and body swabs.
Monu was arrested in 2024 for another similar crime, and his DNA matched the evidence from the 2010 case.
The victim's body was found in a pool of blood in bushes near a taxi stand.
Monu's sentence will be announced on Friday.
The victim's parents were emotional during the court proceedings.
A taxi driver, Monu Kumar, was convicted for the 2010 rape and murder of a 21-year-old MBA student in Chandigarh.
The case was solved using DNA evidence from the victim's clothes and internal body swabs.
Monu was arrested in May 2024 for another rape and murder case, leading to the breakthrough in the 2010 case.
The victim's body was found in a pool of blood in bushes near a taxi stand in Sector 38, Chandigarh.
The quantum of the sentence will be pronounced on Friday, August 30, 2024.
- Who
- Monu Kumar, 38, a taxi driver
- What
- Rape and murder of a 21-year-old MBA student
- When
- July 30, 2010, with the conviction announced on August 29, 2024
- Where
- Sector 38, Chandigarh, India
- Why
- DNA evidence from the victim's clothes and body swabs matched Monu Kumar's DNA
- Victim
- 21-year-old MBA student
- Convict
- Monu Kumar, 38
- Crime Date
- July 30, 2010
- Location
- Sector 38, Chandigarh
- Evidence
- DNA from victim's clothes and body swabs
- Arrest Date
- May 2024
- Court
- Special Women and Child Court, Chandigarh
- Judge
- Dr Yashika, Additional District and Sessions Judge
