A woman and her second husband were stabbed to death in front of her 6-year-old specially abled daughter in the night on Monday in Semra area of Ashoka Garden, accused was nabbed by locals and handed over to police.
The first husband of the woman attacked the couple after he asked his wife to accompany him and when she refused the accused killed the couple in front of their 6-year-old daughter.
The incident took place on Monday night in the Semra area of Ashoka Garden of the city. The deceased woman's name is Aruna alias Rachna (22), while her second husband's name is Rajendra Singh. The crime was carried out by Rachna's first husband Sunil Malviya (32).
The girl revealed that her mom and dad (Rajendra) were going home by bike and on their way home Sunil came and asked mom to go home which she refused and was stabbed by Sunil.
Ravi, the elder brother of the deceased Rajendra, told, “We are residents of Mandideep. Rajendra used to do private jobs. Two months ago, he married Rachna, who lives in Vidisha, in the court. They had recently come to live in Bhopal's Ashoka Garden and were living in a rented house. Aruna's 6-year-old daughter was also living with them.
TI Alok Srivastava of Ashoka Garden police station said that Sunil Malviya, a resident of Shamshabad (Vidisha), does a private job, 6 years ago he had a notarized marriage with Rachna. When the two got married, Rachna was pregnant and the girl is now 6 years old and is specially abled. Rachna also has a two-year-old child with Sunil.
Sunil had bought the knife from the Chhola Mandir area on Sunday. He had decided to kill Rachna and her second husband Rajendra on Sunday itself.