Wanted Accused in Murder-cum-Dowry Death Case of PS Mandawali Arrested by Team of ER-II, Crime Branch

• Proclaimed offender in Case FIR No. 419/19 under Sections 302, 304B, 498A, 120B, 174A IPC, PS Mandawali, Delhi. 

• The accused had been constantly changing her whereabouts for the past 5 years. 

 

A team of ER-II, Crime Branch has arrested one Kaushalya Devi R/o District Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, aged 50 years. She was wanted in a murder case related to the death of her sister-in-law, registered under FIR No. 419/19 u/s 302, 304B, 498A, 120B, 174A IPC at PS Mandawali, Delhi. 

 

The accused had been absconding and frequently changing her location over the last five years. During this period, she lived secretly in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and was recently residing in a rented accommodation in Gandhi Nagar, Delhi. 

 

Brief of the Incident: 

FIR No. 419/19 under Sections 302, 304B, 498A, 120B, 174A IPC was registered at PS Mandawali, Delhi against Kaushalya Devi and her associates. She, along with co-accused, murdered her sister-in-law Neeraj by manual strangulation in Mandawali, Delhi. 

During the investigation, two other accused—Ram Avtar and Brahm Singh—were already arrested. However, Kaushalya Devi fled to avoid arrest. Subsequently, she was declared a Proclaimed Offender by the Hon’ble Court vide order dated 23-03-2023. 

Team & Operation: 

To trace the whereabouts of the accused, the ER-II, Crime Branch team employed advanced technical surveillance tools, which indicated her presence in Gandhi Nagar, Delhi. Upon analyzing multiple CDRs, it was confirmed that the accused was living in that area. 

 

SI Inderveer Singh made sincere efforts and collected detailed information about the accused. Under the directions of ACP Kailash Chander, a dedicated team comprising SI Inderveer, ASI Ashwani, ASI Somnath, and W/Ct. Pooja, led by Insp. Umesh Rana, was formed and dispatched to Gandhi Nagar, Delhi. 

 

The team identified the accused’s residence at Gandhi Nagar, Delhi. Through focused and dedicated efforts, the team successfully apprehended the accused from her rented accommodation. 

She has been arrested through Kalandara under Section 35.1(D) BNSS. 

Interrogation & Profile of the Accused: 

Name: Kaushalya Devi R/o Distt. Badaun, Uttar Pradesh age - 50 Years. 

Current Residence: Gandhi Nagar, Delhi (on rent) 

Education: Illiterate 

Occupation: Labourer in a garment factory at Gyan Mohalla, Gandhi 

Nagar, Delhi 

Criminal History: No previous involvement