Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Haryana cop suspended over alleged lapses in Delhi murder probe
Haryana Police suspended an officer because investigators allegedly made serious mistakes in a murder case.
Yuvraj Singh Manchanda disappeared after going to Gurugram for a meeting.
Police later found an unidentified body in Badshahpur.
The body was cremated before officials connected it to Manchanda.
His family then learned that the ashes had reportedly been discarded.
Delhi Police say his former colleague Anya Vats and Sanyam Sachdeva killed him after an argument.
They allegedly sent messages from his phone to make people think he was still alive.
Investigators are also examining whether the killing was connected to cheating and extortion allegations.
Haryana Police suspended an assistant sub-inspector over alleged investigative negligence in Yuvraj Singh Manchanda’s murder case.
Manchanda went missing on September 6 after traveling from Delhi to Gurugram for a meeting.
An unidentified body recovered in Badshahpur was cremated on September 14 before authorities confirmed his identity.
Police sources cited delays in uploading missing-person and recovered-body details to the Zonal Integrated Police Network.
Delhi Police arrested Manchanda’s former colleague Anya Vats and her partner Sanyam Sachdeva in connection with the killing.
- Who
- Yuvraj Singh Manchanda was the victim; Anya Vats and Sanyam Sachdeva were arrested; a Haryana Police assistant sub-inspector was suspended.
- What
- An assistant sub-inspector was suspended over alleged procedural lapses during the investigation of Manchanda’s murder.
- When
- Manchanda disappeared on September 6; his body was recovered on September 10 and cremated on September 14; the arrests were disclosed on September 16.
- Where
- The alleged killing involved Gurugram, and the body was recovered and abandoned in the Badshahpur area; Manchanda’s family reported him missing in Delhi.
- Why
- The suspension followed alleged delays and failures in recording and matching missing-person and recovered-body details, including on Zipnet.
- Victim
- Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, 31, a Delhi-based real estate sales professional
- Missing date
- September 6
- Body recovery
- September 10 in Gurugram’s Badshahpur area
- Cremation
- September 14, under procedures for unidentified persons
- Arrests
- Anya Vats and Sanyam Sachdeva
- Alleged evidence recovered
- A firearm, Manchanda’s car, and his mobile phone
- Investigative concern
- Recovered-body details were allegedly uploaded to Zipnet on September 16, after the cremation