Delhi Biker’s Parents Waited With Anniversary Cake, Later Found Son Dead

7th February 2026 at 7:10 PM

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New Delhi : At midnight, a cake lay uncut on a dining table in West Delhi. Candles remained unlit. Plates were never laid out. Instead of celebrating their wedding anniversary, Kamal Dhyani’s parents spent the night walking through empty streets, knocking on police station doors, and calling out their son’s name, unaware that he would never return home.

He told our mother to make chapatis. He said he was reaching home,” Karan recalled, his voice breaking. We were waiting to cut the cake at midnight. Instead, we were searching for him all night. When Kamal did not arrive even after half an hour and stopped answering calls, panic set in. The family rushed out into the night. First to his office, then to nearby police stations, hoping each turn would bring them closer to answers.

His body, with his helmet still on, and his mud-smeared motorcycle were discovered inside a 15-foot-deep pit dug for a sewer pipeline rehabilitation project by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in Janakpuri. He had allegedly fallen into the trench while riding home. “He loved that motorcycle,” said Mayank, his childhood friend. “He bought it in 2024 and was so proud of it. He took it everywhere. He was simple, hardworking, and never fought with anyone. He worked hard to fulfil his dreams.”

After Kamal failed to return home, his family first went to his workplace – a call centre linked to a private bank in Rohini. His manager told them Kamal had already left. “He should have reached home by now,” they were told. Together, they went from police station to police station, from one deserted road to another, hoping to spot his motorcycle, hoping to hear his phone ring.

Their search ended only after dawn, when police informed them that Kamal had been found inside an open trench. According to them, the road where Kamal fell had been dug up recently, but without adequate safety arrangements. “There are no streetlights for nearly a 100-metre stretch from the traffic signal up to the spot,” said Sandeep, manager of a local cafe. “Only one light stands near the residential lane. The rest is dark.”