Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Peculiar Tempo Symbol Helps Crack Delhi Teen Murder Case
Police in Delhi were trying to solve the death of a teenage girl.
Her body was found in an open field, but it was badly decomposed.
Her family had not reported her missing, which made identifying her harder.
Police found a video showing a tempo near the area.
The vehicle’s number could not be read because it was dark.
Investigators noticed a special round-ring symbol and an air-conditioning unit on the tempo.
They followed the same vehicle through footage from about 50 cameras.
This led them to a driver and then to four people, including three minors.
Police are still checking exactly what happened and what each person did.
Delhi Police investigated the alleged gang rape and murder of a teenage girl found in an open field on September 13.
The victim’s decomposed body and the absence of a missing-person complaint initially made identification and investigation difficult.
CCTV footage from about 50 cameras showed a tempo carrying a distinctive round-ring symbol and an attached AC unit.
Police traced the tempo to Khadda Colony during an operation on the intervening night of September 15 and 16.
Four people, including three juveniles, were apprehended; police recovered two knives, clothing and the tempo.
- Who
- Delhi Police apprehended four people, including Shivam alias Sudama alias Chuchu and three juveniles aged 16 and 17, in connection with the alleged crime.
- What
- A teenage girl was allegedly gang-raped, stabbed to death and dumped in an open field; police used CCTV analysis to investigate.
- When
- The body was found on September 13, and police traced the suspected tempo during the intervening night of September 15 and 16.
- Where
- The body was found near Jaipal Rana’s field on Kushak Road, while the suspected tempo was traced to Khadda Colony in Swaroop Nagar.
- Why
- Police followed the tempo after identifying a distinctive symbol on it in CCTV footage because there were no immediate eyewitnesses or clear clues.
- Victim
- A girl estimated by a doctor to be between 15 and 17 years old
- Discovery
- The decomposed body was found in an open field on September 13
- CCTV reviewed
- Footage from approximately 50 cameras
- Vehicle clue
- A round-ring symbol and an attached AC unit on a tempo
- Apprehensions
- Four people, including three juveniles
- Recoveries
- Two alleged murder weapons, clothing and the tempo
- Investigation status
- Police said they were still establishing the sequence of events and individual roles