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The Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case was a kidnapping and murder crime in New Delhi in 1978. It involved the kidnapping and the subsequent murder of siblings, Geeta and Sanjay, by Kuljeet Singh (alias Ranga Khus) and Jasbir Singh (alias Billa). The children were kidnapped for ransom but on learning their father was a naval officer, both were killed. Geeta was allegedly raped before being murdered, but forensic evidence could not confirm it. The kidnappers had initially admitted to raping her but later retracted the statement. The two kidnappers were convicted and sentenced to death. The execution was carried out in 1982. ==Kidnapping== Geeta Chopra was a 16½ year old 2nd year student in the Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi. Her brother, Sanjay, was 14-year-old student in the 10th standard of the Modern School. Their father, Madan Mohan Chopra, was a Captain in the Indian Navy. They lived in the Officer's Enclave in Dhaula Kuan. On Saturday 26 August 1978, Geeta and Sanjay were supposed to participate in a radio programme called the ''Yuva Vani'' on the All India Radio. They were to reach the All India Radio office on the Sansad Marg by 7 pm. Their father was supposed to pick them up outside the All India Radio after programme at 9 pm.〔 The siblings left their house at 6:15 pm. A man Kula Nand saw them at the roundabout at Dhaula Kuan. A man named M. S. Nanda gave the children a lift from Dhaula Kuan to Gole Dak Khana as it was drizzling.〔〔 At 6:30 pm, one Bhagwan Dass had noticed a mustard colour Fiat car, while travelling from Gurudwara Bala Sahib towards North Avenue, near the yoga ashram at Gole Dak Khana. He heard noises coming from the car, so he stopped his scooter and approached the car. He saw a girl pulling the hair of the driver and a boy fighting the passenger by the driver. Dass could not stop the car and it sped away towards Willingdon Hospital. Several other people had also tried to stop the car. One man named Babu Lal, dropped his bicycle and tried to grab the door handle of the car but failed. Dass decided to report this to the police.〔 At 6:45 pm, Dass called the police control room and told them number of the car as HRK 8930, but it was noted by the operator as MRK 8930. Dass also reported that the girl was shouting for help.〔 Inderjeet Singh, a junior engineer in the Delhi Development Authority returning home from work on his scooter, also saw the car on Baba Kharak Singh Marg near the casualty block of the Willingdon Hospital. He noticed a girl and a boy sitting in the rear struggling with the driver and another man. He drove up and lined up with the running car. The boy showed his bleeding shoulder to Inderjeet Singh and waved his hands at him pleading for help. Inderjeet followed the car onto Shankar road. But, he lost car when it jumped a red light at a traffic crossing at 6:45 pm. But, Inderjeet had noted the correct number of the car and reported it to the Rajendra Nagar, Delhi.〔〔 The police were slow in their reaction as they considered it a cognisable offence and that it was outside their juristiction.〔 At 8 pm, their parents tuned in the radio to listen to their programme but some other girl had been given the slot. The parents assumed that they had tuned to the wrong station or the programme was cancelled. Their father took his scooter from home at 8:45 pm to reach the radio office. He did not find his children at the appointed place. On being asked, he was told at the office, the children did not arrive there. The father called his home to ask if the children at reached home, their mother replied in negative. Their father returned home and called his relatives and friends to ask if the children were with them.〔 At 10:15 pm, the kidnappers had gone to the Willingdon Hospital in a car with the number DHI 280, as one of them, Billa, had acquired a cut injury on his head. The hospital had taken a skiagraph of his skull. One of them left a fingerprint on the skiagraph. On being asked, they gave the doctors false names and said they were hurt by some thieves. The constable on duty at the hospital, Ranbir Singh, took their statement in which they said they were attacked near Kali mandir on Bangla Sahib road, their watch was stolen and the injury was from an iron rod. Ranbir Singh informed the Mandir Marg police station. At 10:50 pm, two policemen dispatched from the Mandir Marg station to further question them, arrived at the hospital. At 11:10 pm, the two decided to leave against doctor's advice. The two policemen, Sub-Inspector Ram Chander and Constable Harish Ram, asked them to accompany them to the spot where they were supposedly robbed. They took them to the spot in their car. Chander failed to find signs of struggle. They asked the duo to take them back to the station. At 1:45 am, the duo left the station, but they were asked to report again in the morning. When they did not come back in the morning, Chander went to their addresses but found them to be false. Chander inquired with the Regional Transport Office and found the vehicle number belonged to a scooter.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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