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Court Demands Fresh Gurugram Police Reply in Yuvraj Case
A court in Delhi is asking the Gurugram Police for clearer information about Yuvraj Singh Manchanda’s death.
The judge said the police response did not properly answer an earlier order.
The court wants records showing what happened to the unidentified body after it was found.
It also wants information about police database entries and CCTV footage.
Yuvraj’s body was found in a drain and was cremated before he was identified.
His sister says important evidence and belongings may not have been handled properly.
Police say Yuvraj was shot by his former colleague Anya Vats and her partner Sanyam Sachdeva.
The accused allegedly kept his body in a car before leaving it in the drain.
The court has ordered the Badshahpur station chief to submit a fuller response before the next hearing.
A Delhi court called the Gurugram Police response on Yuvraj Singh Manchanda’s death “very cryptic” and ordered fresh compliance.
The Saket court sought detailed records on the unidentified body’s trail, delayed ZIPNET entries and CCTV footage.
Yuvraj’s body was recovered from a Badshahpur drain on September 10 and cremated unidentified on September 14.
Yuvraj’s sister alleged that police mishandled forensic evidence, personal belongings and photographs used during identification.
Police allege former colleague Anya Vats and her partner Sanyam Sachdeva shot Yuvraj and abandoned his body.
- Who
- The Delhi court, Gurugram Police, Yuvraj Singh Manchanda’s sister, and accused Anya Vats and Sanyam Sachdeva are central to the matter.
- What
- The court ordered a fresh, detailed police response about the handling, identification and cremation of Yuvraj’s body.
- Where
- The matter is before the Saket court in Delhi and concerns the Badshahpur police station and a drain in Gurugram.
- When
- The order was dated September 22, following an earlier order dated September 20; the next hearing was set for September 24. The articles identify the death as occurring on September 6.
- Why
- The court found the police response cryptic and sought records amid the sister’s concerns about the body’s handling, missing evidence and delayed database records.
Family and Court Concerns
Police Investigation Account
Handling of the body
Family and Court Concerns
Yuvraj’s sister alleged that forensic evidence, personal belongings and identification-related material were mishandled or destroyed during the cremation.
Police Investigation Account
Police records, as described in the article, state that an unidentified body was recovered and later cremated; the court said the police response did not provide sufficient detail.
Identification process
Family and Court Concerns
The sister’s lawyer alleged that the family was sent photographs of another corpse instead of being called to the police station, and that the photographs were later deleted.
Police Investigation Account
The article does not report a detailed police explanation addressing this allegation.
Cause and sequence of death
Family and Court Concerns
The family’s application focused on preserving records, samples, reports, photographs, communications and the chain of custody of recovered articles.
Police Investigation Account
Police allege that Anya Vats and Sanyam Sachdeva shot Yuvraj inside their car, kept his body there for two days and dumped it in a Badshahpur drain.
Key facts
- Deceased
- Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, a 31-year-old Delhi-based real estate professional
- Body recovered
- September 10 from a drain in Badshahpur
- Cremation
- September 14, before the body was identified
- ZIPNET upload
- Delhi Police uploaded Yuvraj’s details and photograph on September 12
- Court direction
- The SHO of Badshahpur police station must file a fresh response
- Next hearing
- September 24
- Primary accused
- Former colleague Anya Vats and her partner Sanyam Sachdeva
Quotes
Amit Prasad
Senior advocate representing Yuvraj Manchanda’s sister
“Instead of calling my clients to the police station during the identification process, they were sent photographs of someone else’s corpse, and when they denied it was the person, the photographs were deleted.”
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