Meenakshi Thapar

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Meenakshi Thapar
Born4 October 1984
Died19 April 2012
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress

Meenakshi Thapar or Meenakshi Thapa (4 October 1984 – 19 April 2012) was an Indian actress who worked in

Hindi-language films. Thapar was born in Dehradun. She made her acting debut in the 2011 horror film 404
.

Kidnapping and Murder

In April 2012, during the filming of

pornographic films.[1] Her mother paid 60,000 rupees.[1][2] Meenakshi was later strangled and decapitated in a hotel in Gorakhpur.[3] Her torso was left in a water tank and her head thrown out of a bus on the way to Mumbai.[1][4] The perpetrators were caught with the SIM card from her mobile phone and confessed to the crime.[1][5]

Aftermath

On 9 May 2018, A sessions court in South Mumbai on Wednesday convicted two junior artistes of the 2012 abduction and murder of Meenakshi Thapar.[citation needed]

Additional Sessions Judge SG Shette found Amit Jaiswal, 36, and his girlfriend Preeti Surin, 26, guilty under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 364-A (kidnapping for ransom).[citation needed]

Mumbai Sessions Court on Friday[when?] sentenced them to life imprisonment.[citation needed]

"Sessions Judge S.G. Shete found them guilty on three main counts of kidnapping, extortion and murder of Thapa and sentenced them to life imprisonment," Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the media.[citation needed]

On Wednesday, Judge Shete found Amit Kumar Jaiswal, 40, and his girlfriend Preeti Surin, 36, guilty of killing the 27-year-old actress in Uttar Pradesh in 2012.[citation needed]

During the arguments on the sentence, Nikam had termed the murder as "the rarest of rare cases" and demanded death sentence for both.[citation needed]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2011 404
2012 Pakauu
2012 Heroine

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Bollywood Actress Meenakshi Thapar Beheaded By Costars After Denying $28,655 Ransom, 'Her Body Was Hacked Into Pieces'". Ib Times. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Bollywood actress kidnapped and beheaded by actors". The Daily Telegraph. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Bollywood actress's head still missing after ransom demands not reached". National Post. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  4. Daily News
    . New York. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Nepalese starlet abducted, killed; Mumbai Police arrest 2 junior artists". India Today. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

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