 The couple 's bus left for Delhi , but en route at 4 : 30 pm , Babli 's relatives stopped the bus near Raipur <unk> village , about 20 kilometres ( 12 mi ) from Pipli . They kidnapped the couple in a Scorpio SUV driven by Mandeep Singh . Kuldip <unk> , a road contractor , witnessed the kidnapping and filed a complaint at the <unk> police station in Karnal district , giving the licence plate number of the Scorpio . Later , Chanderpati ascribed the murder to the unauthorised withdrawal of the couple 's security team ignoring the orders given by the district and sessions judge ( <unk> ) of Kaithal . Upon receiving no further news , Chanderpati 's nephew , Narendra Singh traced the contractor , and after he was shown a photo of the couple , the contractor recognised the couple . The family then understood that Manoj and Babli were the victims of the kidnapping . 
