2 min readNew DelhiApr 28, 2026 04:32 AM IST
A Delhi court told mediapersons present in the courtroom on Monday to be “sensitive” while reporting on the murder of the 22-year-old daughter of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer last Wednesday at her Southeast Delhi home.
“Please be sensitive while reporting… respect the privacy of the family. It needs not be told what they have lost,” said Judicial Magistrate First Class Deepika Thakran of Saket court.
“Mediapersons are here. I am not saying don’t report. But just be sensitive… till now identity of the victim and the family have not been revealed. Whatever details have been revealed…make sure to be careful next time,” she added.
The counsel from both sides told the court that they were concerned about the kind of reporting taking place in the media. “Many identifying factors have been used such as the location,” said the counsel representing the family.
The court, meanwhile, sent Rahul Meena (23), the former domestic help of the family, to seven days of judicial custody for the rape and murder of the woman. He was produced before the magistrate after the expiry of his four-day police remand.
“Hotel registers have been seized. Mobile phone has been recovered… e-rickshaw has been identified. We need to identify the taxi he used to travel. CFSL ki team ne fingerprints li hai (Central Forensic Science Laboratory team has taken samples of fingerprints for analysis),” the police told the court while seeking Meena’s seven-day judicial custody.
According to the police, Meena had arrived at the victim’s house in an ambulance, which was being used as a cab. After committing the murder, he allegedly stole the victim’s phone and checked into a hotel from where he was arrested later in the day.
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In the last hearing, Meena had told the court that he committed the crime for money. The Judge, however, did not treat this as a confession.
