'My sister should have defied my brother-in-law's instructions. But she obeyed like a cow and proceeded to Delhi,' Vineeta said.

When Sangeeta reached near Kadrabad town on the outskirts of Modinagar, she developed labour pain. On her mobile phone, she called Vineeta for help and parked the car on a roadside. She gave birth to her baby girl there.

But it was all in vain.

Without any assistance and in the complete absence of medicare, their condition deteriorated. By the time Vineeta traced the car, after repeatedly calling Sangeeta and getting no reply, both mother and child were dead.

Vineeta went on to transfer Sangeeta and the infant's bodies from the Zen to her own car and drove to Noida without informing police, police officer Singh said.