I'm killing her,' recalls bro of SWAT commando murdered by husband
New Delhi: A desperate phone call, a husband allegedly announcing a killing in real time, and a brother forced to listen helplessly to his sister's screams - these were the chilling final moments of a 27-year-old Delhi Police SWAT commando who later died after being brutally assaulted at her Delhi home.
"He told me to put the call on recording, said it could be used as police evidence; (then) told me he was killing her. And then, I heard her screams," recalled Kajal Chaudhary's brother Nikhil, his voice trembling as he described the horror of January 22, when Kajal's husband allegedly smashed her head with a heavy dumbbell. Kajal, posted with the Special Cell of Delhi Police, was at her residence in Mohan Garden when the attack took place.
Her husband, Ankur, a clerk in the Ministry of Defence and posted in Delhi Cantt, was arrested hours later. After battling for life for five days, she succumbed to her injuries at a hospital in Ghaziabad on the morning of January 27.
Nikhil, a constable posted at Parliament Street Police Station, told PTI that the sequence began with a call from Ankur. "He called me and said, 'Apni behen ko samjha le' (Make your sister understand). I asked him to calm down and immediately called my sister," he said.
"She normally wouldn't tell us much about what was happening, but that day she was sharing her ordeal. While we were speaking, he got angry that she was telling me things and snatched the phone from her," Nikhil said. "Then he said to me, 'Is call ko recording pe rakh, police evidence me kaam aayega. Main maar raha hoon teri behen ko. Police mera kuch nahi kar payegi' (Put this call on recording, it will be useful as police evidence. I am killing your sister. Police won't be able to do anything). Then I heard her screams. The call ended abruptly," he said, shuddering.
Barely five minutes later, Nikhil's phone rang again. "He (Ankur) said, 'Ye mar gayi hai. Hospital aajao' (She is dead. Come to the hospital). We rushed there with police personnel. He and his family were already present. When I saw my sister, not even an enemy kills someone like this," he said.
