A 45-year-old man was stabbed to death by his son-in-law in East Delhi's Pandav Nagar on Sunday at about 3 pm. According to police, the deceased has been identified as Prabhu Dayal. Police suspect that the accused, identified as Neeraj killed Prabhu Dayal as he wanted to teach a lesson to his wife who refused to return home and started living with her parents Pankaj Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) said, “A PCR call was received at 3pm from the Shashi Garden area of Pandav Nagar. The deceased, Prabhu Dayal was stabbed by his son in law, Neeraj.”
Prabhu Dayal did white wash while Neeraj was working as a private driver.
Police said that they are looking at the case from all angles however as per the claims of the family members of Dayal, Neeraj killed his father in law as he wanted to teach his wife a 'lesson' when she refused to come back home with him and started living with her father and brother.
Neeraj got married to the woman in Decemebr 2016. However, a few months ago, the couple started having arguments due to which the woman started living with her parents and brother.
A senior police officer said, “At the time of the murder, Prabhu Dayal's son was present in the room when Neeraj barged into the house and stabbed his father in law.
On hearing the cries of help, the daughter of the deceased and her mother rushed into the room and found him lying bleeding on the floor.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.”
Police have registered a case under IPC section 302 at the Pandav Nagar police station.