Following a heated argument, a 61-year-old man allegedly killed his 53 year-old wife and then hanged himself in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area. Police said that no suicide note has been recovered.Police said that the couple often fought over issues. The exact reason behind the suspected murder cum suicide is not known. According to Ingit Pratap Singh, the DCP, Southwest district, a heated argument broke out between Jahid Ali and 53-year-old Nazneen on Thursday evening, following which the husband allegedly hit the wife on her head with a blunt object and killed her.
“He then allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using an old kurta. The couple’s 16-year-old son, a Class 12 student, told a neigbhour about the incident who then informed the police,” said the DCP. “Police had received a PCR call around 7.25 PM on Thursday following which a police team was dispatched for the spot. Preliminary investigation suggested that the man killed his wife using a blunt object and later hanged himself. But no suicide was recovered from the spot,” said the DCP.