10 June,2011 09:59 AM IST | | Abhishek Anand
Accused says his lover used to blackmail him routinely
"I killed my girlfriend as she was blackmailing me." That is what Mohammad Saleem told cops when he surrendered at the Ambedakar Nagar Police station around 3 pm on Thursday. Saleem, 32, told cops he killed his girlfriend and dumped her body in the Rose Garden near IIT Delhi. He added he was so frustrated he would have killed himself.
The police retrieve the body from Rose garden opposite IIT Pic/Mid Day
The cops went into a tizzy and immediately rushed to the location, and after an intense search found a body of a girl aged between 20-25.
A clean slit
"Mohammad Saleem came to the police station and claimed he is a resident of Ambedkar Nagar in Delhi. He said he killed his girlfriend because she was blackmailing him," said a police officer. The cops confirmed the identity of the girl as Nikki. "The accused said he has strangulated Nikki with the help of her robe, slit her neck, and dumped her body in the Rose Garden. There was some marks found on the neck of the deceased but we have sent the body for post-mortem to confirm the cause of death.
It's all about money, honey
The motive behind the murder seems to be money. According to the accused, Nikki was her neighbour and they were in a relationship for the last few months. He added Nikki used to demand money from him every now and then. "On Wednesday nightu00a0they had a fight and he strangulated her and then slit her neck and dumped her body in the Rose Park," the officer added. "In the primary investigation we got to know that Mohammad Saleem worked in Dubai for three years and came back to Delhi 11 months back. The deceased is married and she has two children," the officer added. Mohammad Saleem was a resident of Dakshinpuri in Ambedkar Nagar in southeast Delhi before moving to Dubai where he took up a job for three years.
