Soumya Vishwanathan Called Father After Leaving Work, Didn't Make It Home
NDTV
A Delhi court yesterday convicted five men in the 15-year-old Soumya Vishwanathan murder case
September 30, 2008, was just another day for 25-year-old journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A news producer with Headlines Today, she had stayed back late to help out with a breaking news event. Her work done, she left the Jhandewalan office at 3.03 am, got into her car and drove home to Vasant Kunj. She didn't know this drive would be her last, that a late-night robbery attempt would brutally cut her life short.
A Delhi court yesterday convicted five men in the 15-year-old murder case. Four accused - Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljit Malik and Akshay Kumar -- were held guilty of murder and loot. The fifth, Ajay Sethi, was held guilty of helping the others.
On her way back, Soumya overtook a car occupied by Kapoor, Shukla, Kumar and Malik, police officers who probed the case have told news agency PTI.
