Suspecting illicit relationship, a 35-year-old man was stabbed to death by Rahatgarh based 32-year-old man in the afternoon on Wednesday; accused was arrested while trying to escape the spot.
Panic prevailed in the area after a man was stabbed multiple times near Sundar Nagar. Ashoka Garden police personnel nabbed the accused identified as Sarwar Lodhi.
SHO Ashoka Garden Umesh Yadav said that the deceased Munna alias Laxminaryan Lodhi was stabbed to death by Sarwar Lodhi of Rahatgarh after he failed to persuade deceased to stay away from his wife with whom he had illicit relationship.
The accused work as labour and came to Bhopal for work and rented house of deceased in Semra during which the deceased and wife of accused developed relationship. The accused was a tenant of deceased in Semra around four years ago and during their stay deceased developed relationship with the accused. After accused came to know he told to refrain but the two continued and later wife of the accused left him and started to live with her two children at Chawani Patthar where the deceased used to visit. In the afternoon on Wednesday accused came to the Ashoka Garden area and found deceased near Sundar Nagar and stabbed him multiple times in his stomach.
The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and started further investigation. After stabbing the deceased accused tried to escape on his bike but was chased and nabbed by police. Deceased owned land in Semra area, said police.