Nikki Yadav Wiki, Age, Death, Boyfriend, family, Biography & More

Nikki Yadav, a resident of Jhajjar, Haryana, was strangled to death in a car by her alleged live-in partner Sahil Gahlot aka Sahil Gehlot in 2023. Reportedly, after strangling her to death, Sahil stuffed her body inside a refrigerator at a dhaba named ‘Khao Piyo Dhaba’ owned by him in Mitraon village in Najafgarh, Southwest Delhi and married another woman the same day.

Wiki/Biography

Nikki Yadav was born in 2000 (age 23 years; at the time of death). She pursued a Master of Arts in English (Honors) at Galgotia College of Engineering and Technology (GCET) in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh; she was in the final year of the course when she was murdered. ^[1]NDTV – YouTube

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 5″

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

She belonged to a family in Kheri Khumar village of Jhajjar, Haryana.

Parents & Siblings

Her father, Sunil Yadav aka Sunil Dutt, runs a motor repair business in Gurugram. Nikki was the eldest among three siblings.

Relationships/Affairs

Sahil Gahlot

Nikki Yadav met Sahil Gahlot (Gehlot) in 2018 when they used to travel by the same bus for their respective tuition classes. Sahil was preparing for the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examination at Career Point Coaching Centre at Uttam Nagar, West Delhi, while Nikki was preparing for the medical entrance examination at Akash Institute in an area of Uttam Nagar. Nikki and Sahil started going to their respective tuition classes together and eventually, they both fell in love. According to some sources, they later started living in an apartment together, but they went back to their parents during the coronavirus pandemic. After the restrictions were lifted, they again went back into a live-in relationship. ^[2]Hindustan Times

Nikki’s father, Sunil Yadav, claimed that Nikki never had a live-in relationship with Sahil Gahlot as she used to live in a rented flat in Bindapur, New Delhi with one of her younger sisters, who was pursuing a Master of Commerce at a college in New Delhi.

College Sweethearts

After an unsuccessful attempt in the examinations, Nikki and Sahil decided to take admission to the Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology (GCET) in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh; Nikki pursued a Master of Arts in English (Honors), while Sahil studied a course in pharmacy. ^[3]The Quint

Love Knows No Boundaries

Nikki Yadav and Sahil Gahlot exchanged their wedding vows on 1 October 2020, uniting their relationship to the next level in a ceremony held at an Arya Samaj temple in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The priest Vipin Arya, in an interview, said that although both families had agreed to Nikki and Sahil’s wedding, they were not present during the ceremony due to unforeseen circumstances, and only one or two individuals attended the wedding. ^[4]Hindustan Times

Nikki’s family did not know about their relationship or marriage; however, according to some sources, Sahil’s parents were aware of his marriage with Nikki, which they kept opposing as both Nikki and Sahil belonged to different castes of Hinduism. In December 2022, Sahil’s parents fixed his marriage to another woman which Nikki was not aware of. His engagement was fixed on 9 February 2023 and the marriage was fixed on 10 February 2023. Sahil got engaged to the woman of his family’s choice on 9 February 2023.

On the day of Sahil’s marriage, i.e., 10 February 2023, Nikki learnt about Sahil’s wedding from his cousins since she was in touch with them. When Sahil visited Nikki at the apartment at 1:30 am on the same day, she confronted him about his wedding and pressurised him to break it off; moreover, Nikki persuaded him to leave the city with her. According to some sources, Nikki, after learning about Sahil’s marriage, put a condition of either getting eloped or committing suicide together.

Trip to Himachal Pradesh – A Fresh Start or a Pawn?

According to some sources, Nikki had planned to leave for Goa the same day at around 7 am for which she already had booked tickets. While persuading Sahil to leave the city with her, Nikki asked him to come to Goa along with her; however, Sahil could not get a ticket to Goa at the last moment. Reportedly, after involving in a long heated argument, Nikki and Sahil planned to elope and decided to go to Himachal Pradesh instead of Goa. Nikki, along with Sahil, left for Himachal Pradesh and drove to Anand Vihar ISBT, where they were told that busses for Himachal Pradesh leave from Kashmere Gate ISBT. It was around 7:15 am when they started heading to the Kashmere Gate ISBT in a white Hyundai Verna, which belonged to one of Sahil’s cousins. Sahil, meanwhile, was under pressure as he was getting various calls from his mother for attending rituals, which were lined up before his wedding ceremony; Nikki, reportedly, showed disagreement when Sahil told her about going back to his home, and it eventually turned into a fight.

Death

The argument between Nikki and Sahil escalated near Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi after which Sahil strangled her to death using a data cable (mobile charger) in Nigambodh Ghat’s parking lot on 10 February 2023. After murdering Nikki, Sahil put the seatbelt around Nikki’s body and switched off her mobile phone. He then drove 40 kilometres ahead to Mitraon village in Najafgarh in Southwest Delhi, where he hid Nikki’s body in a refrigerator at a dhaba named ‘Khao Piyo Dhaba’ owned by him; he wrapped the fridge with a wire with the door facing the wall.

He then went back to his house in Mitraon village to get married to the woman he got engaged to a day before.

The Trace and Arrest of Sahil Gahlot

Reportedly, Nikki’s father, Sunil Yadav, could not reach Nikki since 11 February 2023 as her mobile phone was switched off. Sunil Yadav asked his younger daughter who used to live with Nikki in Bindapur, New Delhi about Nikki and asked her to contact all her friends. Nikki’s younger sister contacted all of Nikki’s friends one of which told her that she was last seen with Sahil Gahlot. Nikki’s younger sister found Sahil’s phone number and gave it to her father. Sunil Yadav contacted Sahil and asked him if he had seen Nikki. Sahil, on the other hand, tried to mislead Nikki’s father and told him that Nikki had gone to Dehradun and Mussoorie, while he was busy with his wedding preparations. While telling about this in an interview, Nikki’s father, Sunil Yadav, said,

When I couldn’t reach her number, I contacted her friend who informed us that she was last seen with Sahil Gehlot. When I called him, he kept misleading me. He kept saying that she had gone to Dehradun and Mussoorie for a trip. Next, when I reached out to his family, they said they didn’t know anything about Nikki and that he (Sahil) was busy with the wedding.” ^[5]ThePrint

On 14 February 2023, police officials got an anonymous tip about this murder, which took place in Najafgarh by a dhaba owner; ^[6]News 18 however, according to some sources, a local resident informed police officials about Yadav’s disappearance and the involvement of Sahil Galhot in this case following which the officials informed Sunil Yadav, Nikki’s father, about her death. ^[7]ThePrint Reportedly, the police formed a team under Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Satish Kumar to investigate the case. On reaching Gahlot’s house in Mitraon village, the officials found no one.

After investigation, Gahlot was arrested from the nearby Kair village crossing in Delhi on 15 February 2023.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Satish Kumar talked about the case in an interview and said that they received the tip from a police informer following which the officials took Sahil into custody and interrogated during which he confessed to the murder. Satish Kumar said,

A police informer had informed our team that there was something fishy on the part of Gehlot and he may have killed his girlfriend, who was not seen since February 10. We verified the information, took Gehlot into custody and interrogated him during which he confessed to the murder and accompanied us to the dhaba from where the body was recovered from the fridge.” ^[8]Hindustan Times

Sahil Gahlot (right), along with a crime branch official, at the crime scene

Some sources, on the other hand, claim that Gahlot’s father informed Sunil Yadav, Nikki’s father, about Nikki’s death and said that they had handed over Sahil to the police after learning about the crime Sahil had committed.

His father picked up the call but said they are busy with the wedding. In the evening, his father told me that something wrong had happened. He said that they have handed him (Sahil) over to the police after he confessed to killing her. I was confused but the police called me after some time.” ^[9]The Indian Express

An FIR was filed against Sahil Gahlot under Indian Penal Code sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence).

Final Rites

Nikki’s body was sent for post-mortem at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in Delhi and was later handed over to Nikki’s family. On 15 February 2023, her body was brought to her village Kheri Khumar in Haryana for cremation.

Was Nikki Yadav’s Murder Predetermined?

In an interview, Nikki’s father, Sunil Yadav, claimed that Sahil Gahlot’s parents were also involved in his daughter’s murder case. According to Sunil Yadav, when he asked Sahil’s father, on a call, whether Nikki was alive or dead, Sahil’s father replied that he should assume his daughter, Nikki, was dead. While talking about this in the interview, Sunil Yadav demanded the death sentence for the accused.

Unveiling the Hidden Truths: The Real Story Behind the Murder of Nikki Yadav

Reportedly, Nikki and Sahil had not informed their parents about their marriage; however, Sahil told his parents about his marriage with Nikki when his family started looking for a girl for his marriage and convincing him to get married to the girl of their choice. Sahil’s family kept pressurising Sahil to get rid of Nikki before his marriage to another woman. During the investigation of the case, it was found that Sahil’s father, Virender Gahlot, helped Sahil get rid of Nikki by planning and conspiring the murder for him; the trip to Himachal Pradesh with Nikki Yadav before the wedding with another woman was part of their plan. After murdering Nikki, Sahil reportedly contacted his father, who, along with Sahil’s two cousins Ashish and Naveen and two friends Amar and Lokesh, helped him take care of Nikki’s body; they reportedly met Gahlot midway after the murder. They hid Nikki’s body in the refrigerator of a dhaba, believing it to be a safe place to hide the body and the only way to prevent it from creating a foul smell till Sahil’s second marriage. After hiding Nikki’s body, Sahil, along with others, went to attend his wedding.

Sahil’s father, Virender Singh, friends Amar and Lokesh, and cousins Ashish and Naveen were arrested on 18 February 2023, following Sahil and his father’s confession during the interrogation; they were arrested under sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), 202 (knowing or having reason to believe that an offence has been committed), and 212 (harbouring or concealing offender) of the IPC.

Team of WR-I led by Insp Satish, ACP Raj Kumar & DCP @CopSatish499 detects a sensational murder

Accused killed his girl friend by strangulating her in car, concealed her dead body in refrigerator of his dhaba and married another girl on the same day@DelhiPolice @Ravindra_IPS pic.twitter.com/1XYlK1VUlg

— CRIME BRANCH DELHI (@CrimeBrDelhi) February 14, 2023

Facts/Trivia

• In an interview, Nikki’s father, Sunil Yadav, revealed that Nikki wanted to pursue a PhD. and become a professor. He added that while she was pursuing a master’s degree at Galgotia College of Engineering and Technology (GCET) in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, she often visited her home on weekends. Sunil further said that Nikki used to call her mother from Greater Noida every day. While talking about this in an interview, Sunil Yadav said,
  

  She was doing an MA in English from Noida’s Galgotias University and wanted to become a Professor after completing PhD. All her dreams have been snatched. She last visited the house three weeks ago; she would often drop by on weekends… I couldn’t bear to look at her body. She was always a class topper and a responsible child. We were so proud of her. She had big dreams and her mother and I supported all she did. Even after going to college, she would call her mother every day and talk about her life.” ^[10]The Indian Express

• Nikki Yadav dated Sahil Gahlot for nearly 4 years.

• Nikki’s family claimed that they knew Sahil as one of Nikki’s friends from college. ^[11]The Indian Express

• It is claimed that Nikki was in a love-in relationship with Sahil; however, Nikki’s father, Sunil Yadav, in an interview, denied the claim and said that she was not in a live-in relationship with Sahil as Nikki was living at the hostel of Galgotia College of Engineering and Technology (GCET) in Greater Noida while pursuing a master’s degree, and she later shifted to a rented flat in Bindapur, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi along with her younger sister. ^[12]NDTV – Youtube

• During interrogation, Sahil confessed that he also wanted to marry Nikki, but his family was against this and had fixed his marriage with a woman of their choice. ^[13]Mint The heated argument between Sahil and Nikki about Sahil’s “secret marriage” turned into a heinous crime as he strangulated Nikki using a data cable of his mobile’s charger, which was kept in the car. Sahil, during interrogation, further mentioned that he had left Nikki’s flat 15 days before committing her murder.

• As per a report from the Crime Branch, Sahil Gahlot erased all the data and chats that belonged to him from Nikki’s phone as he believed it to be evidence against him, showing all the chats about the fights they had earlier. ^[14]The Economic Times

• Reportedly, Sahil, after attending his wedding on 10 February 2023, came back to his dhaba, where he hid Nikki’s body, to stash the body properly in the refrigerator. Nikki’s body was kept in the refrigerator for nearly 3 days due to which the exact time of her death was hard to determine.