It's Monday, 14 April 2025 — the night before the Haryana state election. KC Kapoor (Krishnamurthy Chandrashekhar Kapoor), 58, known in Delhi circles simply as "The Fixer," is found dead at his residence at 14, Tughlak Lane. He is slumped at his desk, a pistol nearby. The scene is dressed to look like suicide. But the ballistics say otherwise.
Kapoor was the most connected political consultant in the country — a man who had made careers and ended them. He was in possession of information about all five people who visited him or contacted him in the last 12 hours. By morning, one of them made sure he could never use it.
| Victim | KC Kapoor (Krishnamurthy Chandrashekhar Kapoor), Male, 58 — Political Consultant |
|---|---|
| Scene | Study, 14 Tughlak Lane, Lutyens Delhi |
| Found | ~10:45 PM by housekeeper Ramkishan |
| Cause of Death | Single GSW — right temple; staged as suicide |
| Staging indicator | Powder burns inconsistent with self-infliction; angle of entry |
| TOD | 21:30 – 23:00 (CFSL preliminary range) |
| # | Name | Role | Stakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Neeraj Sharma, 55, M | Independent election candidate (Rohtak-Central), former Lt. Colonel | Had been paying Kapoor for 18 months to manage an electoral roll operation. Final demand: ₹3 crore by election morning or the documents go to the press. Deadline: 06:00, April 15. |
| S2 | Prerna Malhotra, 48, F | Opposition candidate (Gurugram constituency) | Kapoor held a sealed bribery case from 2018 — but accepted ₹85L in April 2024 to archive it. Settled and no longer exposed. Was at a Gurugram rally all evening. |
| S3 | Vijay Sethi, 50, M | Industrialist / political donor | Kapoor held FIU-flagged documents linking Vijay's offshore entities to cross-party funding. Paid ₹12L in March 2025 to maintain the arrangement. Settled, actively cooperative. |
| S4 | Ananya Khanna, 31, F | Investigative journalist, The Hindu | Was expecting Kapoor to deliver the Neeraj Sharma file at 06:00 April 15. Was at Kapoor's house earlier that evening (19:03–20:47). Did not know she was being used as Kapoor's threat instrument against Neeraj. |
| S5 | Deepak Nair, 44, M | Kapoor's associate / former business partner | Equity dispute — 15% of the firm was promised but never transferred. A call was scheduled for 21:30. His car is visible on Tughlak Lane CCTV at 22:41 — driving through without stopping. |