Naina Sahni

Naina Sahni was the victim of Tandoor murder case^[1]. She was killed by her husband Sushil Sharma, a congress youth leader MLA. Naina herself was a worker in the Congress party.

Tandoor Murder Case

Sushil Sharma objected to his wife Naina Sahni's friendship with Matloob Karim. Matloob and Naina were classmates and fellow Congress workers. Sushil suspected Naina of having an illicit relationship with Matloob. On the night of July 2, 1995, Sushil came home and saw Naina talking on the phone and consuming alcohol. Naina on seeing Sushil hung up. Sushil redialed the phone to find Maqbool on the other end. Enraged he fatally shot Naina. He took the body to a restaurant called Bagiya and tried to dispose it off with the restaurant manager Keshav Kumar. The body was chopped into pieces and put in a Tandoor (clay oven) to burn. Smoke emanating from the tandoor caught the attention of patrolling constables^[2]. Police arrested Keshav Kumar but Sharma managed to flee. He surrendered on July 10, 1995. He was sentenced to death on Nov 7, 2003. The high court upheld the lower courts decision. His appeal is now pending in the Supreme court.

References

1. ^ http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=25815
2. ^ http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/oct/28tandoor1.htm

External links

• http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan31/edit.htm#1

Persondata
Name	Sahni, Naina
Alternative names
Short description	Political worker
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	2 July 1995
Place of death	New Delhi, India