Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Court criticizes Gurugram Police investigation in Manchanda murder case
A court in Delhi reviewed how police investigated a murder case.
The victim was Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, who was 31 years old.
He worked in real estate and lived in Delhi.
Police allege that a former colleague and her partner killed him on September 6.
The court said the Gurugram Police investigation had been badly handled.
The judge was especially concerned because the body had already been cremated.
Manchanda’s sister’s lawyer said the body was treated as unidentified after a postmortem.
The court was considering a new report about whether police followed earlier instructions.
A Delhi court said Gurugram Police had “botched up the investigation” into Yuvraj Singh Manchanda’s murder.
Manchanda, a 31-year-old Delhi-based real estate professional, was allegedly killed on September 6.
The alleged accused are Manchanda’s former colleague and her partner.
The court said the body had already been cremated, complicating the investigation.
Manchanda’s sister’s lawyer said police conducted a postmortem before cremating the body as “unidentified”.
- Who
- Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, his former colleague and her partner, the Gurugram Police, and Manchanda’s sister’s legal representative.
- What
- The Saket Court criticized the Gurugram Police investigation into Manchanda’s alleged murder and reviewed a compliance report.
- When
- The alleged killing took place on September 6; the court hearing occurred on Thursday.
- Where
- The hearing took place at Saket Court in Delhi; Gurugram Police handled the investigation.
- Why
- The court questioned the investigation after the body was reportedly cremated as unidentified following a postmortem.
- Victim
- Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, a 31-year-old Delhi-based real estate professional
- Alleged accused
- Manchanda’s former colleague and her partner
- Alleged killing date
- September 6
- Investigating agency
- Gurugram Police
- Court
- Saket Court, Delhi
- Judge
- Judicial Magistrate First Class Rahul Jain
- Contested investigative action
- The body was reportedly cremated as unidentified after a postmortem