India Investigates: Naina Sahni / Tandoor Case ()

Synopsis:
Naina Sahni was the victim of Tandoor murder case. She was killed by her husband Sushil Sharma, a congress youth leader MLA at New Delhi. Naina herself was a worker in the Congress party. Sushil Sharma objected to his wife Naina Sahni's friendship with Matloob Karim. Matloob and Naina were classmates and fellow Congress workers. Sushil suspected Naina of having and illicit relationship with Matloob. On the night of July 2, 1995, Sushil came home and saw Naina talking on the phone, Naina on seeing Sushil hung up. Sushil redialed the phone to find Maqbool on the other end. Enraged he fatally shot Naina. He took the body to a restaurant called Bagiya and tried to dispose it off with the restaurant manager Keshav Kumar. The body was chopped into pieces and put in a Tandoor (clay oven) to burn. Smoke emanating from the tandoor caught the attention of patrolling constables. Police arrested Keshav Kumar but Sharma managed to flee. He surrendered on July 10, 1995.


"INDIA INVESTIGATES", A "crime based" docu-drama programme that deals with some of the most sensational crimes of the country, Telecast on Fox History and Entertainment Channel, between January 14th and March 18th 2011.
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