'Masked men and a hard disk': How a forensic student plotted the ‘perfect murder’; inspired by crime shows

NEW DELHI: It was meant to be "perfect murder" -- until it wasn't. A 21-year-old forensic science student's elaborate plan to kill her 32-year-old live-in partner and disguise it as an accident fell apart after CCTV footage and expert analysis exposed her crime. Amrita Chauhan, along with her ex-boyfriend Sumit Kashyap (27) and their friend Sandeep Kumar (29), strangled UPSC aspirant Ramkesh Meena to death this month. The trio then poured oil, ghee, and wine on his body to ensure it burned completely, police said. Meena had allegedly refused to delete Amrita's private photos and videos stored on his hard disk, the dispute which turned fatal for him. According to police, Amrita, a forensic science student, used her academic knowledge and ideas inspired by crime web series to stage the