A couple with stab injuries was found dead at their rented residence in South-East Delhi's Prahladpur area on Tuesday. Police said that an enquiry has been initiated under section 176 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CRPC) by the area Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM).
The deceased were identified as Aakash (32) and his wife Bhawna (29), resident of Pul Prahladpur area.
Police said that both Akash and Bhawana used to quarrel regularly as Akash, who used to work as a sanitation supervisor, was wasting money and he was not giving money to Bhawana for daily needs.
According to Chinmoy Biswal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South East district, on Tuesday morning around 11.26 am, a police control room (PCR) call was received at Pul Prahladpur police station in which the caller stated that a couple had committed suicide.
"Acting on the call Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) was dispatched for the spot. On reaching the spot, police team found a man and a woman lying on a floor of one room house in a pool of blood. It was also found that there were stabbed injuries on the body of both persons," said the DCP.
"The duo was taken to Apollo hospital where they were declared brought dead. During enquiry it was revealed that the couple got married six years ago and they have a five year-old son who was in school at the time of incident," said the DCP.
"The landlord of the house told police that on the day of incident, he heard loud noise from their room.
The room was locked from inside and the landlord along with other persons had broken the door and entered the room where they found both
Aakash and Bhawna lying in pool of blood and one blood stained vegetable knife was also found in the room," said the DCP.
"Since they were married for less than seven years, the SDM of the area has been informed and inquest proceedings are being conducted," the DCP added.