Archive · 16 Sep 2026
DNA Evidence Links Cab Driver to Third Rape-Murder Conviction
A court in Chandigarh sentenced Monu Kumar to life in prison.
This was his third conviction for rape and murder.
The latest victim was a 60-year-old woman visiting from Uttar Pradesh.
She was staying with her son in Mohali.
She disappeared on February 27, 2024.
Her body was found the next morning in Sector 54.
Police said she had been sexually assaulted and killed.
DNA evidence connected Kumar to the crime and helped solve two other murders from the previous 15 years.
A Chandigarh court sentenced cab driver Monu Kumar to life imprisonment for raping and murdering a 60-year-old woman.
The victim had traveled from Uttar Pradesh to Chandigarh for a religious pilgrimage and was staying with her son in Mohali.
She left home on February 27, 2024, and her body was found the next morning in a jungle area near a Government School in Sector 54.
Police said she had been sexually assaulted, strangled, and suffered multiple blunt-force injuries.
DNA evidence connected Kumar to this case and two other murders, resulting in his third conviction for similar crimes.
- Who
- Cab driver Monu Kumar, 39, was convicted in the killing of a 60-year-old woman.
- What
- A Chandigarh court sentenced Kumar to life imprisonment for rape and murder; DNA evidence also linked him to two other murders.
- When
- The woman disappeared on February 27, 2024; her body was found the next morning, and the sentence was issued on Tuesday.
- Where
- The body was found in a jungle area near a Government School in Sector 54; the victim had been staying in Mohali.
- Why
- Police identified Kumar through DNA evidence after initially investigating the case involving an unknown accused.
- Convict
- Monu Kumar, 39, a cab driver
- Sentence
- Life imprisonment
- Victim
- A 60-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease
- Disappearance
- February 27, 2024
- Body recovered
- The next morning in a jungle area near a Government School in Sector 54
- Cause and manner of death
- Sexual assault followed by strangulation and blunt-force injuries
- DNA findings
- DNA evidence connected Kumar to three rape-murder cases
- Additional cases
- His arrest helped police solve two other murders committed during the previous 15 years