PANJIM: In a latest development in Haryana native Nidhi Gupta murder case, Sushil Kumar Gupta, the victim’s father, has filed an additional complaint with the Pernem Police, alleging that his daughter was smothered to death by her husband Aakansh Gupta and his unknown accomplices on the intervening night of April 23-24, 2022.
Sushil has called for immediate and strict action from the authorities to ensure justice is served.
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In his complaint, Sushil expressed that he had initially suspected foul play following Nidhi’s death, as stated in his original complaint dated May 10, 2022.
Gupta has said that the post-mortem report highlighted injuries on Nidhi mouth and nose, suggesting possible smothering. The final medical opinion issued by the doctor at GMC in July 2024 supported these suspicions, he said. The father has alleged that Nidhi was smothered to death by her husband, Aakansh Gupta, and unknown accomplices.
“I lodge my additional complaint before your authority in furtherance to my previous complaint that my daughter Nidhi Gupta has been smothered to death by her husband namely Aakansh Gupta and his unknown accomplices on intervening night of 23/24 April 2022,” Sushil states in his complaint.
It may be recalled that on July 24, 2024, the Pernem Police registered Nidhi’s death as a murder against her husband, Aakansh, after 27 months following High Court directions. O Heraldo has been continuously following up on the case since 2022.
According to the Deputy Collector of Pernem, Shivprasad Naik, the final report, which indicates the exact cause of death, was received by his office on July 8, 2024.
“The Department of Forensic Medicine, Goa Medical College & Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, has furnished the final opinion as to the cause of death in a report bearing No. GMC/FM/2024/130 dated 08/07/2024, stating that the deceased died ‘due to bilateral pulmonary oedema associated with intra alveolar haemorrhages,’ the report to the Pernem Police Station on July 11, 2024, reads.
Nidhi Gupta, a 28-year-old married woman from Haryana, died under mysterious circumstances at Arambol in April 2022. Shortly after their marriage, she complained that her in-laws were torturing her for bringing insufficient dowry, a situation that continued for eight to nine months, according to the petitioner.
On April 24, 2022, the couple arrived in Goa to celebrate their first wedding anniversary along with two friends of Aakansh, who accompanied them on the same flight. They stayed together until April 26.
On April 27, the couple moved to a hotel in Arambol, and on the intervening night of April 28-29, Nidhi died under suspicious and unnatural circumstances.
