The brother of Kajal Chaudhary, the Delhi SWAT commando who was killed by her husband, recounted the horrific last phone call with his sister. Nikhil, a constable posted at Parliament Street Police Station, told media that Ankur, the accused, asked him to put the call on recording, adding that he could hear her screams.
“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 Nikhil.
It all began with Nikhil receiving a call from Ankur.
“He called me and said, ‘Apni behan ko samjha le’ (Make your sister understand). I asked him to calm down and immediately called my sister," Nikhil stated.
The horror did not end there. Ankur asked Nikhil to put the call on recording, adding that he was killing his sister, and the police would not be able to do anything.
“Then he said to me, ‘Is call ko recording pe rakh, police evidence me kaam aayega. Main maar raha hoon teri behan 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
“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," he recalled.
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.
Ankur smashed Kajal’s head with a dumbbell. Her head was severely smashed, and she had several injuries across her body, according to her family members.
Kajal was four months pregnant and also had a one-and-a-half-year-old son. Her family alleged that she was harassed by her husband and in-laws over dowry.
The family alleged that the torture started within 15 days of marriage, with Ankur’s family demanding a car and dowry.
Due to the alleged abuse, Kajal shifted to Delhi in 2024, though her husband continued to demand money and a car and allegedly assaulted her physically.
She was killed on January 22, and Ankur was arrested on the night of the incident. He has been booked under murder charges.
