Kohli Murder Mystery Case: About 31 years ago, when Vasant Kunj area of Delhi was not as populated as it is today, the silence there turned into a scream that shocked the police. That cold night of 1994 and the month of January still remains an inexplicable puzzle for Delhi Police. The murder mystery of a family in the posh area of Vasant Kunj, which was solved with a purse, got so entangled in the court that it has not been solved till date. An old father passed away from this world while searching for the culprit behind the death of his young son, daughter-in-law and two grandsons. But even today the discussion about that murder mystery and the pain of not punishing the culprits are troubling Delhi Police’s encounter specialist Lalit Mohan Negi. The one who killed four lives is still out of the reach of the law. Read the incomplete story of this old but sensational crime file.
When there was no movement in a luxurious house in Vasant Kunj, a posh area of Delhi, till late in the morning, the neighbors became suspicious. Delhi Police was called and when the door was broken, the scene inside was horrifying. The dead bodies of the family members were lying in different rooms. The wife’s body was lying in a separate room, the husband’s body was in a separate room and both the children were lying on the floor in one room.
What was Kohli murder mystery?
Initial investigation by Delhi Police felt that it was a case of robbery. The shelves were open, stuff was scattered. But one thing that troubled the police was that there was no sign of forced entry into the house. This clearly meant that the murderer was someone known to him or he was invited inside the house. Neighbors also did not see any suspect coming and going. For the police, it was becoming a blind murder case. The investigating officers were worried as to where the clues would come from?
Four dead bodies inside a house in a posh area of Delhi
This incident then became one of the famous murder cases of Delhi. In the dark of night, criminals had destroyed an entire family. The investigation of this murder mystery was handed over to Super Cop Lalit Mohan Negi of Delhi Police. Negi tried his best to reach this murder mystery. Lalit Mohan Negi says, ‘On January 22, 1994, at 5 am, Vasant Vihar police received an information that a family had been murdered in house D-3/3122 of Vasant Kunj. I reached the spot with the entire team. Inside the house, the dead bodies of Saranpal Kohli, his wife and his two sons were found lying on the floor in different rooms. One son was 4 years old and the other was 3 years old.
What did the encounter specialist of Delhi Police say?
Negi says, ‘We started investigating this case. The first challenge before us was who is the killer and how to find him? Saranpal Kohli used to work in stock. Therefore, first of all started interrogating the people working with him. We suspected that Saranpal Kohli and his family might have been murdered by someone who had friendly entry into the house. No evidence of coercion was found anywhere inside the house. During interrogation, it was revealed that his two employees Ram Pal Singh Chauhan and Parminder Singh had good relations with Saranpal. Interrogating other people and other employees also revealed their relationship. After this we detained both of them.
Who murdered Saranpal Kohli and his family?
According to Negi, ‘The statement was changing repeatedly during both the police interrogations. We came to know that Saranpal Kohli, who worked for the two arrested persons, was suspected of having a lot of money. However, when we searched Saranpal’s shares, we did not find anything like this. But, a purse was found in the deceased’s pocket at the spot, which was not his. Then I thought who is the person who has put the purse in Saranpal’s pocket? After all, what was his purpose? We came to know that that purse is made in Ghaziabad. Somehow the company of the purse was traced.
Old parents said goodbye to the world after getting justice
Negi says, ‘When we reached the warehouse of that purse in Ghaziabad, we came to know that the father of an arrested person, Rampal, works in that warehouse. His father had kept the purse himself instead of depositing it in the warehouse. Her son started using the same purse. This provided another proof. Meanwhile, the fingerprints at the crime scene were also matched to the fingerprints of both the accused. Then we recovered the chopper weapon which was used in the killing.
Negi said that the court had then said that there was no direct evidence. Because of this, the court released the accused by giving him the benefit of doubt. Later this case was handed over to CBI. Statements of 11 witnesses were recorded in this trial that lasted for more than two years. But, the defense argued that there are many contradictions in the charge sheet. Ram Pal Singh Chauhan and Parminder Singh were released. For many years, the case of Saranpal Singh Kohli’s father Har Charan Singh Kohli versus Delhi Police continued. This matter remains a mystery even today. Now even Har Charan Singh Kohli passed away from this world while searching for the murderer of his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. This murder mystery is such that even today it remains an inexplicable puzzle for Delhi Police.
