Enraged over marriage refusal, a 31-year-old man was stabbed to death by his alleged lover in the wee hours at his residence in Saket Nagar under Bagh Sewania police station on Sunday.
According to the police, the deceased, Vibhash Kaneria, and Yogeshwari had a fight and later after having dinner they went to sleep but in the morning Vibhash was found dead and Yogeshwari was not found at the house.
SDOP Misrod police Atik Ahmed said that the accused Yogeshwari confessed that she was in relationship with the deceased but he developed relationship with another woman and was not willing to end the relationship with that woman. He was also not ready to marry her which frustrated her. The two were in relationship for the past 7-8 years.
The deceased was a distant relative of the accused and stayed together in live-in during the years 2007-2011 but she later started living in Piplani. The two maintained the relationship but in-between the deceased developed a relationship with some other woman and when the accused came to know she opposed and had fights several times in the past but after failing to agree him to end his relationship with the woman and marry her the accused stabbed the deceased in his chest and escaped the spot.
later when police reached at her residence in Piplani she tried to commit suicide.
She poured oil over herself and jumped into a well but was saved by the police, he added.
Deceased Vibhash used to live with his sister Abha alias Rano Sonu who was the first to spot the body and rushed the deceased to a nearby hospital and informed the police.
Police recovered a sharp-edged weapon used in the murder and registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.