Fuelled over family dispute, a 40-year old man was stabbed to death by his brother-in-law and his aides near Atal Ayub Nagar under Chhola Mandir police station area in the wee hours on Monday.
The police have declared a cash reward of Rs 5000 for providing information of the killers.
Police said a man was found in an injured condition and when he was taken to hospital he was declared dead. The deceased was identified as Rahul Malviya of Atal Ayub Nagar.
Police were informed and on the receipt of the information a police team reached the spot and after preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post-mortem. Doctors claimed that profuse bleeding due to stabbing was the reason behind the death of the victim.
During the investigation, police found that deceased had a fight with his brother-in-law Shekhar Lodhi which led to the murder.
The deceased after having frequent disputes with his wife dropped her at her parental house which irritated Shekar and late in the night on Sunday Shekar along with his two aides stabbed the deceased which resulting in his death.
The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The accused is notorious criminal and has been booked by police for several crimes in the past.
The deceased and the accused had fight earlier also but at that time the fight was a verbal spate this time things turned ugly as the accused went irate and killed the victim. Till the filing of the report the police were not able to trace the killers. Police told that the search for the miscreants has been intensified. SR