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'''Meenakshi Thapar''' or '''Meenakshi Thapa''' (– April 2012) was an Indian actress who worked in [[Bollywood|Hindi-language films]]. Thapar was born in [[Dehradun]]. She made her acting debut in the 2011 horror film ''[[404 (film)|404]]''.<br />
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In April 2012, during the filming of ''[[Heroine (2012 film)|Heroine]]'', Thapa was kidnapped by another actor who had a minor role in the film, Amit Jaiswal, and his girlfriend, Preeti Surin, who had overheard her talking of her family's wealth.<ref name="IB"/> She was held for a ransom of {{INR}}1.5 million (approximately {{USD|29000}}).<ref name="IB">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/330537/20120419/bollywood-actress-meenakshi-thapar-beheaded-ransom-404.htm|title=Bollywood Actress Meenakshi Thapar Beheaded By Costars After Denying $28,655 Ransom, 'Her Body Was Hacked Into Pieces'|publisher=Ib Times|date=19 April 2012|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> They told her mother that, if the ransom was not paid, she would be forced into [[pornographic films]].<ref name="IB"/> Her mother paid {{INR}}60,000 rupees.<ref name="IB"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/bollywood/9209133/Bollywood-actress-kidnapped-and-beheaded-by-actors.html|title=Bollywood actress kidnapped and beheaded by actors|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=19 April 2012|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Meenakshi was later strangled and decapitated in a hotel in [[Gorakhpur]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/04/19/meenakshi-thapa/|title=Bollywood actress's head still missing after ransom demands not reached|newspaper=[[National Post]]|date=19 April 2012|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Her torso was left in a water tank and her head thrown out of a bus on the way to [[Mumbai]].<ref name="IB"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/bollywood-actress-meenakshi-thapar-killed-co-stars-article-1.1064143|title=Bollywood actress Meenakshi Thapar killed by co-stars|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=19 April 2012|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> The perpetrators were caught with the [[SIM card]] from her mobile phone and confessed to the crime.<br />
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On 9 May 2018, A sessions court in South Mumbai on Wednesday convicted two junior artistes of the 2012 abduction and murder of Meenakshi Thapar.{{fact|date=August 2018}}<br />
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Additional Sessions Judge SG Shette found Amit Jaiswal, 36, and his girlfriend Preeti Surin, 26, guilty under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 364-A (kidnapping for ransom).{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />
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Mumbai Sessions Court on Friday{{when|date=August 2018}} sentenced them to life imprisonment.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />
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"Sessions Judge S.G. Shete found them guilty on three main counts of kidnapping, extortion and murder of Thapa and sentenced them to life imprisonment," Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the media.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />
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On Wednesday, Judge Shete found Amit Kumar Jaiswal, 40, and his girlfriend Preeti Surin, 36, guilty of killing the 27-year-old actress in Uttar Pradesh in 2012.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />
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During the arguments on the sentence, Nikam had termed the murder as "the rarest of rare cases" and demanded death sentence for both.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />
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