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A man from Haryana’s Bahadurgarh, who had spent the Valentine's Day evening with his wife in celebration, later murdered her and then tried to mislead the police with a false story based around a robbery.

The mystery surrounding the killing of Mahak, a bank employee, was solved by Jhajjar Police within just 18 hours. What first appeared to be a robbery case soon turned out to be a cold-blooded murder by her husband, a chartered accountant named Anshul Dhawan.

Late on Sunday night, at around 11:00 pm, Anshul, who works in Gurugram, called the police claiming that unknown attackers had tried to rob them and had slit his wife's throat.  

 

However, during the investigation, officers doubted his statements. Anshul kept changing his story and couldn't even describe the attackers, which made the police even more suspicious.

 

When pushed by the cops, Anshul finally broke down and confessed to murdering his wife. Police said he had long been suspicious of Mahak's character, who worked at HDFC Bank in Gurugram, which led to frequent arguments between them. 

Mahak's father, Krishna Kathuria, had suspected his son-in-law from the very beginning. While committing the crime, Anshul wore gloves to avoid leaving any fingerprints. He first strangled Mahak and then used scissors to slit her throat. The victim was five months pregnant. Anshul, a resident of Hisar, and Mahak, from Hansi, got married on September 25, 2025.

According to the police, the accused executed the murder on February 15, when the couple was returning to Gurugram, after celebrating Valentine’s Day in Hisar. “Her husband killed her with a sharp-edged weapon near Pahsaur village in Jhajjar’s Badli police jurisdiction on the night of February 15. He informed the police later and tried to portray the case as a loot bid. When Badli police took him to the crime spot, he failed to tell how the incident occurred and how many assailants had killed his wife. When cops grilled him strictly, he confessed to the crime of killing his wife,” said a spokesman of Jhajjar police.