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Chilling WhatsApp Message Surfaces In Yuvraj Manchanda Murder Probe (Photos: Social Media)
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News18•20-09-2026, 09:19
Chilling WhatsApp Message Surfaces in Yuvraj Manchanda Murder Probe, Fraud Racket Examined
  • •A WhatsApp message, "Sell your wife/do anything, just repay this," emerged in the Yuvraj Manchanda murder investigation, linked to an alleged fraud racket.
  • •Manchanda's former colleague Anya Vats and her partner Sanyam Sachdeva are accused of defrauding a senior executive of over Rs 1.2 crore using fake ED and Home Ministry notices.
  • •Police are investigating if Manchanda learned about Vats and Sachdeva's alleged fraudulent activities before his murder.
  • •Manchanda went missing on September 6; Vats and Sachdeva were apprehended in Uttarakhand and confessed to his murder, disposing of his body in Gurugram.
  • •Manchanda's family questioned the handling of his body by Gurugram Police, while investigators examine the accused's phones for evidence and motive.

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A chilling WhatsApp message stating “Sell your wife/do anything, just repay this” emerged amid the investigation into the alleged murder of 31-year-old Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, which was cited in an FIR regarding a major financial fraud racket.

The duo allegedly targeted a senior financial executive using fake Enforcement Directorate and Union Home Ministry notices, claiming high-level government connections to settle fabricated cases under severe legal acts to extort over Rs 1.2 crore.

Manchanda went missing on September 6 after leaving for a meeting, leading his family to file a missing-person report. Police traced former colleague Anya Vats and Sanyam Sachdeva to Uttarakhand, where they confessed to murdering him and disposing of his body in Gurugram.