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Murder of Delhi Executive Yuvraj Singh Manchanda: Alleged Financial Dispute and Body Disposal
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The Alleged Crime
On September 6, 2024, 31-year-old Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, a project manager at Adani Realty, left a family shopping trip in Lajpat Nagar for a meeting in Gurugram and never returned. Police allege former colleague Anya Vats and her partner Sanyam Sachdeva met him in Gurugram, an argument broke out inside their SUV, and Manchanda was shot. The accused are said to have kept the body in the vehicle before dumping it in a drain within Badshahpur police-station limits on September 8. The body was recovered on September 10 and cremated on September 14 without the family’s knowledge.
Background & Context
Vats and Sachdeva have been linked to a multi-crore extortion racket. A senior executive of a non-banking financial company filed a complaint in August alleging the duo used fabricated Enforcement Directorate and Union Home Ministry notices to extract Rs 1.2 crore, later demanding an additional Rs 26 crore. Both have prior cheating cases, and Sachdeva faces a domestic-violence case filed by his estranged wife.
Timeline
- Sept 6 – Manchanda disappears after leaving for a meeting in Gurugram.
- Sept 7 – A message from his phone claims he is flying to Bengaluru.
- Sept 8 – CCTV shows the SUV moving from Vats’s residence to a nearby parking lot; the body is allegedly dumped in a drain.
- Sept 10 – Gurugram police recover an unidentified body, later identified as Manchanda.
- Sept 11 – Manchanda’s sister files a missing-person complaint; an FIR is registered.
- Sept 14 – The body is cremated as an unclaimed corpse.
- Sept 16 – Delhi court orders the arrest of Vats and Sachdeva; they are apprehended in Uttarakhand.
- Sept 18 – Delhi Police announce they have solved the murder, citing confessions.
- Sept 22 2026 (scheduled) – Saket court directs Gurgaon police to produce all records related to the recovery, identification and cremation.
Official Statements & Responses
Saket magistrate Deepika Thakran ordered the investigating officer to submit a status report, emphasizing the family’s right to investigative records. A senior Delhi police officer noted that Vats claimed she felt threatened by Manchanda, though no evidence has been found. Police have recovered a firearm and the victim’s car and await the post-mortem report. The Gurgaon police commissioner has been instructed to preserve electronic, forensic and medical material linked to the body’s recovery and cremation.
On-the-Ground Reports
Family members received messages from Manchanda’s phone between September 6 and 8, including the claim that he was traveling to Bengaluru. Karishma Manchanda, the victim’s older sister, expressed anguish over the lack of personal effects after cremation.
Conflicting Reports & Gaps
- Cause of death: Police describe a gunshot, while the pending post-mortem lists drowning as provisional.
- Body-in-vehicle timeline: Initial statements suggested the body remained in the SUV for about seven hours; later accounts extended this to roughly two days.
- ZIPNET handling: The family alleges the unidentified body was not uploaded to the ZIPNET portal until after cremation, whereas Gurgaon police contend the entry was made on September 11 via CCTNS.
What’s Next
The Saket court’s September 22 2026 order requires Gurgaon police to produce the complete police diary, forensic, medical and digital records, including ZIPNET uploads, before the investigating officer. These documents will be examined to resolve the discrepancies and determine whether further legal action is warranted.
