'By the time they found her, animals had eaten her arm': Family of teen killed by DU student at Delhi's Sanjay Van

The 22-year-old regrets not picking up her younger sister's calls the day before she was murdered.

- GNS News Agency, June 10

A few days shy of her 19th birthday, her sister had called several times to discuss which laptop she wanted for her birthday. Tired after coming back from work, the woman had fallen asleep. The next day, on Sunday, she woke up late and saw a slew of missed calls from her mother. Her sister was missing. Nearly 24 hours later, her sister's body would be found inside Sanjay Van in South Delhi's Mehrauli. "She was so friendly, so gregarious... she made friends with whomever she met. I was always worried she'll meet the wrong kind of person and get into trouble," the woman said. In their family's mind, no one else could have been behind it except one person — an 18-year-old youth, who was later arrested by the Delhi Police.

On June 1, the accused called the victim to Sanjay Van. "The girl left home in the morning. Around noon, she called her mother and said she would return shortly...," DCP (South) Ankit Chauhan had said on Monday. During questioning, police said the accused claimed that it was the girl who first attacked him with a knife, injuring him - he retaliated and stabbed her thrice. "... After killing her, he tried to burn the body. He fled and went to a hospital for treatment... he had sustained minor injuries during the altercation," the DCP had said.