Overview
- Investigators say the January 22 attack at the couple’s Mohan Garden home involved the victim’s head being slammed against a door frame before blows with a dumbbell.
- Kajal Chaudhary was first admitted to a nearby hospital, shifted to a Ghaziabad facility on January 25, and died on January 27 after being declared brain-dead earlier.
- Her husband, Ankur Chaudhary, a Defence Ministry clerk, was arrested the night of the assault, is in judicial custody, and has been suspended from his job.
- Following her death, police converted the initial attempt-to-murder case to murder and added dowry-related sections based on the family’s complaint, with the investigation active.
- Kajal’s brother, a Delhi Police constable, says he was on a call during the attack and heard her screams, while forensic teams reportedly found blood on the door frame and the dumbbell.