Popularly known as the 'Tandoor Case', this case deals with the gruesome murder of Naina Sahni, wife of a former youth congress leader, Sushil Sharma. Enraged with Naina's illicit relationship with her friend Matloob Karim, Sharma shot Naina and chopped her body into pieces. Later he stuffed the chopped pieces in the clay oven of Bagiya restaurant, New Delhi. Sushil absconded but eventually surrendered himself to the police and on 7 November 2003, Sushil Sharma was sentenced to death.
Nitish Katara
A 24-year old confident business executive Nitish Katara was in a a relationship with his classmate, Bharti Yadav, daughter of the notorious criminal-turned politician D.P. Yadav, for over five years. since the relationship was not acceptable by the girl's family, Nitish received threats several times. In the early hours of 17 February 2002, Bharti's brother Vishal and cousin Vikas took away Nitish's life. The two took Nitish in their SUV and set his body on fire after beating him to death. he trial court held that Nitish's murder was an honour killing and Vishal and Vikas Yadav were given life sentence.
Priyadarshini Mattoo
A talented law student of DU, Priyadarshini Mattoo, was found murdered in her uncle's house in New Delhi on 23rd January, 1996. Santosh Kumar Singh, Mattoo's senior in her college, who had been harassing her for years became the prime suspect of the case. Son of an influential IPS officer, Santosh, approached Mattoo in the morning of 23rd January and strangled her to death with an electric wire, after he smashed her face several times with a helmet to make it unrecognisable. Santosh was sentenced to death by Delhi High Court, which was later transposed to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court of India.
