Two days after a 33-year-old woman was stabbed 17 times in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, her husband and two contract killers hired by him were arrested on Saturday in connection withthe murder, police said.
Naveen Kumar Gullaiya (36) decided to kill his wife with thehelp of contract killers after she found out about his affair withanother woman which led to constant quarrels between them, accordingto the police.
The incident took place in Sheikh Sarai area of Malviya Nagar in the police were informed from the hospitalthat a woman with stab injuries brought there by her husband was declared dead.
The woman, identified as Reena, was stabbed at least 17 times,the police said, adding the three accused, including her husband Gullaiya and contract killers Rahul and Sonu, have been arrested in the case.
When her husband was questioned, he misled the police initiallysaying he along with his son had gone to see a homeopathic doctorin Defence colony and Reena was alone at home on Thursday afternoon.
After visiting the doctor and doing some shopping for his son,Gullaiya left him at a barber shop near Shiv Mandir Bandh road andwent to his office at Kalkaji, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South)Benita Mary Jaiker said.
After some time, Gullaiya called one of his employees to drop hisson at his house after his haircut. At 4.45 pm, he got a call fromhis employee informing that his wife Reena was lying in a pool ofblood with stab injuries. He quickly rushed to his house and tookhis wife to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead, the officer said.
According to the police, a case was registered in the matter andduring investigation, the police said they found CCTV footage inwhich two men were seen entering the victim’s house in daytime andthen three persons were seen exiting after some time.
The trail of those three persons from the scene of crime was foundup to Pamposh Enclave, Kalkaji.
The husband turned a suspect when his call records were analysedand it was found that he frequently called a woman based in Govindpuriwith whom he was in relationship for the last one-and-a-half years,Jaiker said.
The call records also revealed that Gullaiya received a WhatsAppcall from Rahul. Also, another mobile phone recovered from Gullaiya’svehicle showed that he made several calls to Rahul and Rs 50,000 was to be paid to him as part of payment after completion of task, she said.