'Justice is finally served', this is what the parents of Dilroz expressed when a Court sentenced the prime accused Neelam of kidnapping and burying a 2.5 year-old-girl alive in Ludhiana. Dilroz murder case is among the most gruesome incidents that Punjab witnessed in the past few years. Neelam buried a two-and-a-half-year-old girl alive in Ludhiana, Punjab. The deceased girl was the daughter of Neelam's neighbour. As per reports, Neelam first kidnapped Dilroz and after that, she dug a pit and buried her alive. Due to this, Dilroz died.
As per reports, when the Ludhiana court sentenced Neelam to death she broke down in front of the judge. In fact, Neelan appealed the judge for mercy saying, 'Judge sir, please forgive me. I also have two children'. Commenting on this, the court said that no appeal can be entertained in such types of cases.
For the unversed, on November 28, 2021, Neelam kidnapped Dilroz from the Shimlapuri area on a scooter and buried her alive by digging a pit in the Salem Tabri area. In this case, the court of Sessions Judge Munish Singhal had convicted her last Friday. After Neelam was sentenced to death, Dilroz's father Harpreet Singh was quoted saying that justice was served. He thanked the judiciary which sentenced the murderer of his daughter to death.
Dilroz Murder Case Explained
Notably, during the Police investigation, Dilroz's father had told in his statement that he used to bring toys and things from the market for his daughter. Neelam was divorced. Therefore, she was not able to bring all these things for her children. Due to this, she started harboring a grudge against Dilroz. After this, one day she took Dilroz on a scooter and buried her alive. This was the reason of her death.
After Dilroz went missing, her family lodged a Police complaint. Thereafter, Police reached the spot to investigate and check CCTV cameras in the area. During this, the police saw that Neelam was taking the girl on the scooter. As a result, Neelam was arrested.
During police interrogation, Neelam confessed to the murder of Dilroz. She told the police that she took Dilroz to an empty place near Aldico. There she buried her alive. After this revelation by Neelam, the police and family reached the place and recovered the girl from the pit.
Dilroz was immediately taken to DMC hospital, but doctors declared her dead. Then a case was registered against Neelam under IPC section 364 (kidnapping with intent to murder), murder (302), and destroying evidence (201).