By: Express News ServiceGurgaon | Updated: November 15, 2025 12:47 PM IST 2 min readThe Gurgaon city police Friday said they cracked a blind murder case involving a 40-year-old man with the arrests of an Uttar Pradesh native and his live-in partner. (Express photo)The Gurgaon city police Friday said they cracked a blind murder case involving a 40-year-old man with the arrests of an Uttar Pradesh native and his live-in partner.Officers identified the accused as Kushalpal Singh alias Kaushal, 26, a native of Kaimthal village in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda region, and a 19-year-old woman, who hails from Kasganj. While Kushalpal was arrested from Panchgaon on Thursday, the woman was held from Manesar on Friday.The police said Kushalpal allegedly killed his colleague Sonpal, a native of Mathura who lived at a rented accommodation in Gurgaon’s Khoh, over a grudge related to his repeated demands to be introduced to the woman.Sonpal, who had been working in Sector-5 for the past 10 years, went missing on October 4 after leaving his company around 4.30 pm to head home to Mathura. On October 7, his brother-in-law filed a missing person complaint at the Sector-7 IMT Manesar police station.Based on Kushalpal’s disclosure, Sonpal’s body was recovered from the Kosi border in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and the case was converted to that of murder.A spokesperson for the police said, “A team led by Inspector Satyawan, in-charge of Sector-7 IMT Manesar police station, and Sub-Inspector Subhash gathered information from various sources, leading to the identification and arrest of the accused.”“During interrogation, the accused revealed that they had been in a live-in relationship for two years in Sector-1, Manesar. Sonpal and Kushalpal worked in the same company, where the victim was (Kushalpal’s) senior. Sonpal was aware of their relationship and repeatedly asked Kushalpal to introduce him as a friend to (the woman), which led to resentment,” the spokesperson added.Story continues below this adOfficers said the couple subsequently planned the murder. “On October 4, Kushalpal took Sonpal on a motorcycle stolen in July 2025 from Panchgaon, promising a trip to Mathura. They travelled via KMP Expressway to Kosi border, where the accused first struck Sonpal on the head with a helmet. Kushalpal then slit his throat…before dumping the body,” the officer said.The police have recovered the knife, helmet, motorcycle, the victim’s ID card and bag from the accused. Further investigation is underway, the spokesperson said.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on InstagramTags:Gurgaon