Police have arrested a 38-year-old man and apprehended a juvenile for allegedly killing a 23-year-old after suspecting him of having an affair with his wife in Northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura area.
The accused, Vinod Kumar, alias Shanu, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife, of sorting out issues and stabbed him 20-25 times with a butcher's knife, police said. Vinod was assisted by a juvenile in killing Shanu.
The incident came to fore on Friday night. Around 10.15 pm on Friday, police were informed about screams coming out of a locked house. “After the lock was broken, blood stains were found on the walls of the house and Shanu was found lying on the floor with his body covered in a quilt,” said police. He had already died by the time police reached there.
On the basis of a tip-off, a police team was sent to Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh to nab the suspects — Kumar and a juvenile. Kumar was arrested from there and the juvenile was also apprehended from Aligarh.
Kumar told police that he was having suspicion about an affair between his wife and Shanu for the last 20-25 days. When he saw Shanu near his house on Friday, he called him inside and while the juvenile held Shanu, Kumar repeatedly stabbed him. He wanted to dispose off Shanu's body but since neighbours had got suspicious, he left the body at his house after wrapping it in a quilt. Police have recovered the blood-stained clothes of the accused and the knife used to kill Shanu. It is suspected that Kumar's mother also helped him clean the house after the incident and she is being questioned.