A 63-year old man was stabbed to death by his 35-year-old son-in-law at his residence at Durga Colony under Koh-e-Fiza police station area in the early morning hours on Sunday; accused suspected that deceased used to provoke his wife against him.
Panic prevailed in the area after the deceased identified as Shyam Shrivastava was stabbed to death by his son-in-law Gajendra. Locals informed police and police team reached the spot and started investigation.
During the investigation, police found that the accused and deceased were acquainted and later accused married with daughter of deceased against his will which turned their relationship bitter.
Recently after having dispute with the accused his wife returned to house of deceased. The accused tried to persuade her to return but she refused and accused suspected that deceased used to provoke her.
The accused used to live with his old aged mother at Durga Colony and in the morning on Sunday he asked the deceased to come home for some work and when the deceased came accused started a verbal spate and later stabbed him to death. The deceased sustained multiple injuries which caused his death.
The body was sent for the post mortem after the preliminary investigation. The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Police told that the search for the miscreants has been intensified and call record details of the deceased would be investigated. The deceased used to work as automobile mechanic and used to live in Shahjehanabad.