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In this chilling episode of Postmortem, we examine three horrifying crimes where obsession masqueraded as love and rejection turned deadly.
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00:01Music
00:13Love was a weapon and victim was humanity.
00:17A woman stabbed while she was working in her office.
00:20A baby killed because a man obsessed over the mother.
00:25A victim whose house was attacked by a man who claimed to love her.
00:30Across the country, stories emerge of lovers who couldn't accept a breakup.
00:35Men who believed that if they couldn't have the woman they loved,
00:39no one else could or killed to get the woman they obsessed over.
00:44Hello and welcome to our special show, Postmortem,
00:47where we put the spotlight on crimes that shock us,
00:50yet make us want to know more and more.
00:53In today's episode, we bring you chilling stories of passion, possessiveness and murder.
01:00Crimes committed in the name of love,
01:03where rejection became the motive and obsession became the weapon.
01:08These are not stories of love gone wrong.
01:10These are stories of love that became deadly.
01:15Music
01:19Love is often described as the most beautiful emotion in the world.
01:24But what happens when love turns into obsession?
01:28When rejection becomes unbearable?
01:31When the fear of losing someone becomes stronger than the fear of committing a crime?
01:37What begins as affection turns into control?
01:41What starts as heartbreak ends in bloodshed?
01:45And that is what happened with Dimple.
01:48It began as a workplace friendship that probably turned into a love story,
01:54which took a painful turn, a painful breakup,
01:58and then a brutal act of violence caught on CCTV.
02:03In Mohali, a 30-year-old woman, Dimple, went to work like any other day.
02:10She never returned home.
02:12The man accused of killing her was not a stranger,
02:16not a stalker lurking in the shadows,
02:19but someone she had known for years.
02:22Someone who reportedly could not accept that the relationship was over.
02:28This is the chilling story of Dimple and Harjinder Singh Maal,
02:34alias Harry.
02:35A story that raises troubling questions about obsession, rejection,
02:41and the dangerous belief that love can be forced.
02:48The bustling commercial district near Bestech Mall in Mohali
02:52is usually known for busy offices and corporate employees
02:57rushing through their daily routines.
02:59But on this evening, the atmosphere was shattered by screams.
03:04Inside a private packers and movers company, panic broke out.
03:09Employees ran for safety.
03:12Some hid behind desks.
03:14Others froze in shock.
03:16Some tried to intervene.
03:18What they were witnessing was something no workplace should ever see.
03:24A woman was being attacked by a friend.
03:28And within minutes, the office had become a crime scene.
03:32The victim was 30-year-old Dimple,
03:35a young girl from Patiala making a living in Mohali.
03:40The accused, Harjinder Singh Maan, also known as Harry,
03:44both worked for the same company.
03:46Both had known each other for years.
03:49And according to the investigations,
03:51they had once been much more than just colleagues.
03:56Police investigations reveal that Dimple and Harry
03:59had been working together for nearly three years.
04:03Over time, friendship turned into a romantic relationship.
04:07But relationships do not always last.
04:11About six months ago, the couple reportedly broke up.
04:14While Dimple tried to move on with her life,
04:18investigators say Harry struggled to accept the separation.
04:22Sources indicate that he repeatedly tried to reconnect with her.
04:27He wanted another chance.
04:29He wanted the relationship to be restored.
04:32But Dimple had made her decision.
04:35And that decision appears to have become the trigger for a tragedy.
04:47According to police, Thursday evening began like any other working day.
04:53Dimple was busy inside the office.
04:56Colleagues were finishing their assignments.
04:58And then Harry arrived.
05:01Police say Harry suddenly pulled out a knife and walked to Dimple's desk.
05:06He approached her from behind.
05:08Before anyone could intervene,
05:11he launched a frenzied attack,
05:13stabbing Dimple again and again and again.
05:17He brutally stabbed her over 20 times.
05:20In fact, more than 20 times.
05:23Using a sharp knife.
05:24How many times did he stop the girl and how did the girl have a superficial wound?
05:30Or is this a serious attempt to live?
05:32Basically, 25-30 times he stopped the chakou.
05:35It was also on the ground and on the back of the heart.
05:40So, you can say that he was serious.
05:42It was about 25-30 times.
05:56The office erupted into chaos.
06:00Employees screamed for help.
06:02Some tried to stop him.
06:05Witnesses say that the office was undergoing a shift change,
06:08so only a few co-workers were present.
06:11Some colleagues tried to step in and save her.
06:14But Harry chased her down and brandished his knife to keep people away.
06:20Right after the assault,
06:22Harry turned the weapon on himself
06:24and severely slashed his own throat in a suicide attempt.
06:30By the time help arrived,
06:32both Dimple and Harry were lying in pools of blood.
06:36A murder followed by an attempted suicide.
06:40Both were rushed to Fortis Hospital in critical condition.
06:45Doctors fought to save them.
06:47But Dimple's injuries were just too severe.
06:51She was declared dead.
06:53Harry survived, but remains in critical condition.
06:57As doctors battled to save his life,
06:59investigators began piecing together what had happened inside the office.
07:05The crime scene was sealed.
07:08The forensic team was called in.
07:10Every bloodstain, every fingerprint,
07:13every possible clue was documented.
07:17Police also seized the CCTV footage from the premises.
07:21Those recordings are now expected to play a crucial role
07:25in establishing the sequence of events.
07:29According to officials,
07:31the first call reached the police control room at around 7.40pm.
07:36A formal murder case has been registered against Harjinder Maan
07:41under Section 103 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sahita OBNS.
07:46But who was Harjinder Singh Maan?
07:48What kind of life did he live outside the office?
07:52To understand that,
07:54investigators and reporters turned to his neighbourhood where he lived.
07:59And what they discovered painted the picture of a man
08:03who largely kept to himself.
08:05Many neighbours barely even knew him.
08:09Some had hardly seen him at all.
08:13According to neighbours,
08:14Harjinder's house remained locked most of the time
08:18as his parents lived in USA.
08:20People rarely saw him around.
08:23Occasionally, an elderly woman would visit the property for cleaning.
08:28Beyond that, there appeared to be very little activity.
08:32No one recalls any disturbances.
08:34No one imagined that a man living so quietly
08:38would suddenly find himself at the centre of such a shocking crime.
08:57But as investigators know, all too well,
09:01The most dangerous battles are often the ones hidden from public view.
09:07The battle inside the person's mind.
09:11The battle between acceptance and obsession.
09:15The battle between moving on and refusing to let go.
09:20For Dimple's family, however,
09:23For Dimple's family, however, these questions now offer little comfort.
09:26Their daughter is gone.
09:28Only sister to her two brothers will never return home.
09:33And the grief is compounded by another painful revelation.
09:37Family members say they had no idea Dimple was involved in a relationship with Harjinder.
09:45They never knew the friendship had evolved into something more serious.
09:49According to relatives,
09:51Had they known about the relationship and its problems,
09:55They would have tried to intervene.
09:57They would have tried to bring both the sides together.
10:01They would have tried to prevent the situation from reaching such a devastating conclusion.
10:07But now, those possibilities only exist as painful what ifs.
10:40While investigators work to establish every detail of the case,
10:45The CCTV exposed the obsession of Harjinder in a very plain manner.
10:51One fact is already plainfully clear.
10:54Love cannot survive where there is possession.
10:58And rejection is never a license for violence.
11:02Jilted lovers often act out irrationally.
11:05But some even turned to crime.
11:08Unable to accept the breakup,
11:10A rejected lover set a house ablaze with petrol bombs.
11:14But he was not just a simple jilted lover.
11:18He was also a criminal who believed that fear could force someone to stay.
11:24A young college student discovers that the man she loves has a dark secret.
11:29Not one crime, not two,
11:31But a criminal record stretching across dozens of cases,
11:36Including robbery and murder.
11:38She makes a decision.
11:40She ends the relationship.
11:42Cuts off all contact.
11:44And tries to move on with her life.
11:46But what happens when the man she leaves behind refuses to let go?
11:51What follows is a terrifying night of threats,
11:55Firebombs and a narrow escape that could have ended in a family tragedy.
12:00This is the chilling story of a woman in Coimbatore who rejected a man with a criminal past
12:06And almost paid the price for it.
12:09The Thonda-Mantur area of Coimbatore is usually known for its quiet residential streets.
12:16Families gather outside their homes,
12:18Children play in the lanes,
12:20And life moves at an ordinary pace.
12:23But on the night of May 24th,
12:26One house became the target of a violent act of revenge.
12:30And the entire incident was captured on neighbourhood CCTV cameras.
12:35But that was the culmination of a story that begins months earlier.
12:41A local college student had become acquainted with a man named Karthik,
12:46Also known as Maryappan.
12:48The relationship gradually grew closer.
12:51Like many young couples,
12:53They began spending time together and discussing a future.
12:57But then, the young woman learned something that changed everything.
13:02The man she trusted was not who he appeared to be.
13:06According to police investigations,
13:09Karthik was a history-sheeter with an extensive criminal background.
13:13Not a minor record.
13:16Not a handful of complaints.
13:18Investigators say he was facing 31 criminal cases.
13:23Among them were serious allegations,
13:25Including robbery and even murder.
13:29For the young woman,
13:30The revelation was shocking.
13:32The person she believed she knew,
13:35Suddenly appeared completely different.
13:38And she made a choice.
13:39She ended the relationship.
13:41And she cut all contact.
13:47And according to the complainant,
13:50The rejection soon turned into threats by Karthik.
13:54Threats directed not only at her,
13:57But her family as well.
13:59At first, they were just words.
14:01But on the night of May 24th,
14:04Those threats allegedly turned into action.
14:08Violent action.
14:09It was late in the evening.
14:11The woman's family was at home.
14:14And nothing appeared unusual.
14:17But then, suddenly,
14:19The sound of motorcycles broke the silence.
14:22CCTV footage later reviewed by investigators shows,
14:26Four men arriving outside the house.
14:28Among them, police say, was Karthik.
14:31The group stopped in front of the residents.
14:34What happened next left the neighborhood in shock.
14:38According to investigators,
14:40The men began shouting abuses,
14:42And issuing death threats.
14:44The woman's father,
14:46Who was standing outside the house,
14:48Became the direct target of their anger.
14:53The confrontation lasted only moments.
14:56Then, the attack began.
14:59The CCTV cameras captured the horrifying sequence.
15:05One after another,
15:07The attackers hurled bottles filled with kerosene,
15:10And tried to set the house on fire.
15:13The burning bottles smashed onto the veranda.
15:16Within seconds, flames erupted.
15:20The fire spread rapidly.
15:22A scooter that was parked outside caught fire.
15:26Then, a bicycle.
15:28The porch became an inferno.
15:31Inside the house, panic broke out.
15:33Family members screamed for help.
15:36In the background of the CCTV footage,
15:39Frightened voices could be heard.
15:41Among them,
15:42Was the terrified cry of a child.
15:44For a few frightening moments,
15:47It appeared that the flames
15:49Might spread further into the house.
15:52And if that happened,
15:54The consequences would have been devastating.
15:57But sometimes,
15:58The difference between tragedy and survival
16:01Is a matter of minutes.
16:03And on this night,
16:05Help came from next door.
16:07Neighbors who saw the fire
16:09Immediately rushed towards the house.
16:11Without waiting for emergency services,
16:13They grabbed buckets of water.
16:15Again and again,
16:17They poured water onto the flames.
16:19Working together,
16:21They managed to stop the fire
16:22Before it spread deeper into the building.
16:25But the damage was significant.
16:27The porch was charred.
16:29Vehicles were destroyed.
16:31The family was traumatized.
16:33But miraculously,
16:36No one suffered any physical injuries.
16:38The family had survived.
16:40As soon as the situation was brought under control,
16:43Police teams arrived.
16:45The victim's father filed a formal complaint.
16:48The Thonamandoor police registered an FIR
16:52And launched an investigation.
16:54Officers quickly realized
16:56This was not a random act of vandalism.
16:59This was a planned attack.
17:02A calculated attack of intimidation.
17:12Coimbatore police launched a search operation.
17:16The primary target was Karthik,
17:19Alias Maryappan.
17:21The man investigators believe orchestrated the entire attack.
17:25Soon, police tracked him down
17:27And arrested him.
17:29But the investigation is far from over.
17:32Authorities are still searching for the remaining accomplices
17:35Who allegedly participated in the assault.
17:38This story is also about something else.
17:41It is about a dangerous mindset.
17:44The belief that rejection deserves punishment.
17:48That a woman has no right to say no.
17:51That a relationship can be enforced through fear.
17:55On a quiet street in Coimbatore,
17:58Flames may have damaged a house.
18:00But they also exposed something far darker.
18:03An obsession that could not accept rejection.
18:06And now we bring you a horrific crime.
18:09Calling this criminal a jilted lover
18:12Might actually be downgrading his crime.
18:14He is pure evil.
18:17He is a man who killed an innocent child.
18:19A toddler.
18:20In Ferozabad's Chikohabad town,
18:23A crime left an entire community shaken.
18:26A one and a half year old boy
18:28Was allegedly lured away
18:30With the promise of a toffee.
18:32And minutes later,
18:33He was dead.
18:34The accused was not a stranger.
18:37He was someone known to the family.
18:39Police say the motive traces back
18:42To a one-sided love affair
18:44And a dangerous obsession
18:46That ultimately cost an innocent child his life.
18:50This is the chilling story of little Arav
18:53Whose life was cut short
18:55In an act of shocking brutality.
19:01The narrow lanes of Chikohabad
19:03In Uttar Pradesh's Ferozabad district
19:05Are still struggling to come to terms
19:08With what happened here.
19:10Residents who witnessed the aftermath
19:12Say they have never seen anything
19:14So horrifying.
19:18A crime so brutal
19:20That it has left an entire neighbourhood
19:22In mourning.
19:23At the centre of this tragedy
19:25Was one and a half year old Arav
19:27Too young to understand
19:29The world around him.
19:33Too young to know
19:34That he had become
19:36The target of a deadly obsession.
19:39According to police
19:40The incident unfolded
19:42On a Friday afternoon.
19:44Arav's mother, Rati
19:45Had come to Chikohabad
19:47From her parental home.
19:48She was staying at a house
19:50Of a woman
19:51She considered
19:52Her aunt in Yadav colony.
19:54It was supposed to be
19:55A routine family visit.
19:57But investigators say
19:59Someone else
20:00Had learnt of her arrival.
20:02Someone
20:03Who had been obsessed with her
20:05For years.
20:06According to the family's complaint
20:08The accused
20:09Viraj alias Jitendra
20:11Is related to Rati
20:13Through extended family connections.
20:15Police say
20:16Viraj wanted to marry Rati
20:18But Rati
20:19Was already married to Sumit
20:21A resident of Badayun district.
20:24The couple had built
20:25A family together
20:26And were raising
20:27Their young son Arav.
20:29Investigators believe
20:30Viraj was unable
20:32To accept this reality.
20:33According to the allegations
20:35He viewed the child
20:37As an obstacle
20:38Standing in the way
20:39Of his desire
20:40To be with Rati.
20:42What started
20:43As an unhealthy obsession
20:45Eventually
20:46Turned into something
20:47Much darker.
20:49And then came the day
20:50When he allegedly
20:51Decided to act.
21:20According to the investigation
21:22Viraj arrived at the location
21:24Where Rati was staying
21:25The child knew him
21:27The family knew him
21:28There was no reason
21:30To suspect any danger
21:31Police say
21:32He approached
21:33Little Arav
21:34And offered to buy him
21:35A toffee
21:36For a child
21:37It was an innocent invitation
21:39For the family
21:40It seemed harmless
21:41Moments later
21:43Arav left with the accused
21:45But he would never
21:47Return alive.
21:48What happened next
21:49Has shocked
21:50Even experienced
21:51Investigators
21:52Police allege
21:54That after taking
21:55The child away
21:56Viraj brutally
21:57Attacked him
21:58And repeatedly
21:59Slammed him
22:00Onto the road
22:01The assault
22:02Was so violent
22:03That the child
22:04Suffered
22:05Catastrophic injuries
22:06A CCTV camera
22:08Nearby
22:09Captured parts
22:10Of the horrifying incident
22:11The footage
22:12Later spread
22:13Rapidly
22:14Leaving people
22:16Stunt
22:16And outraged
22:17Those who watched it
22:19Struggled to comprehend
22:21How anyone
22:22Could inflict
22:23Such cruelty
22:24On a defenseless toddler
22:26When the family
22:27Learned what had happened
22:28Panic erupted
22:30Arav was rushed
22:31To a hospital
22:32Doctors examined him
22:34But there was
22:36Nothing they could do
22:37The injuries
22:38Were too severe
22:39And the child
22:40Was declared dead
22:41Within minutes
22:42The hospital corridors
22:44Were filled
22:44With cries of grief
22:46As news of the
22:47Incident spread
22:48Police teams
22:49Rushed into action
22:51The body
22:52Was sent
22:53For post-mortem
22:54Crime scene
22:55Experts
22:56Began collecting
22:56Evidence
22:57Investigators
22:58Reviewed CCTV
23:00Footage
23:00And recorded
23:01Witness statements
23:02Meanwhile
23:03The accused
23:04Had disappeared
23:05Viraj was on the run
23:06Police launched
23:08A manhunt
23:08Checkpoints
23:09Were established
23:10Teams were dispatched
23:12To possible hideouts
23:14The pressure
23:14On investigators
23:15Was immense
23:16The brutality
23:17Of the crime
23:18Had triggered
23:19Widespread
23:20Public anger
23:21People wanted
23:23Answers
23:24And action
23:24And they wanted
23:26The accused
23:27Arrested quickly
23:28The breakthrough
23:29Came during
23:30A police operation
23:31According to officials
23:33Police located
23:34The accused
23:35And attempted
23:36To apprehend him
23:37What followed
23:39Was an encounter
23:40During the operation
23:41Viraj allegedly
23:43Opened fire
23:44And police
23:45Retaliated
23:46The accused
23:47Sustained gunshot
23:48Injuries
23:49To both legs
23:50And was taken
23:51Into custody
23:52He was later
23:53Admitted to a
23:54Government hospital
23:55For treatment
23:56Police say
23:57They recovered
23:58An illegal
23:590.315
24:00Bored
24:00Country made
24:01Pistol
24:01Five live
24:03Cartridges
24:03And two spent
24:05Cartridges
24:05From his possession
24:06Most importantly
24:08Investigators
24:09Now had
24:10The prime
24:11Accused
24:11In custody
24:21Following
24:34His arrest
24:35Viraj was questioned
24:36By the investigators
24:37And in front
24:38Of cameras
24:38He allegedly
24:40Admitted
24:40To committing
24:41The crime
24:42Investigators say
24:43The motive
24:44Appears linked
24:45To a personal
24:45Dispute
24:46And an alleged
24:47Obsession
24:48With the child's
24:49Mother
24:49But regardless
24:51Of the reasons
24:52Being cited
24:53One fact
24:54Remains unchanged
24:55A one and a half
24:57Year old child
24:58Lost his life
24:58And a family
25:00Has been destroyed
25:01Police may have
25:02Solved the case
25:03Quickly
25:03The accused
25:04May now be
25:05Behind bars
25:06But the pain
25:07Left behind
25:08By this crime
25:09Will remain
25:10For a long time
25:11Because this is
25:13Not just the story
25:14Of a murder
25:14It is the story
25:16Of how obsession
25:17Crossed every limit
25:19The story
25:20Where an innocent
25:21Child became
25:22The victim
25:22Of an adult's
25:24Resentment
25:24And a reminder
25:26That when hatred
25:27And possessiveness
25:28Take control
25:29It is often
25:31The most vulnerable
25:32Who pay the highest
25:33Price
25:34These stories
25:35Came from different
25:36Cities
25:36Different backgrounds
25:38And different
25:39Circumstances
25:40But they all
25:41Shared one
25:41Disturbing threat
25:42An inability
25:44To accept
25:44Rejection
25:45Separation
25:46Or loss
25:47In each case
25:48Emotions
25:49Crossed the line
25:50Into obsession
25:51And when that
25:53Happened
25:53Innocent lives
25:54Were shattered
25:55Crime often begins
25:57With a decision
25:58Made in a moment
25:59Of anger
25:59Jealousy
26:00Or desperation
26:01But the consequences
26:02Can last forever
26:04That's all we have
26:05For you in
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