With the arrest of a 39 year-old man, the Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have solved a murder mystery of a woman and her two children Delhi’s Nihal Vihar area on Sunday last.
The accused has been identified as Gagan Kumar Sahu, a resident of Shiv Ram Park in Nangloi area and he used to work as a mason.
According to Dr A Koan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Outer district, on July 19, a police control room (PCR) regarding a murder of a woman and her two children was received following which a police team was dispatched for the spot.
“At the place of incident, the bodies of a woman and two children were lying on a bed. There were multiple injuries on the head and face of all the deceased persons. Hence, a murder case was registered at Nihal Vihar police station and investigation was taken up,” said the DCP.
“On July 21, specific inputs were received that Gagan, husband of the deceased woman, who was missing since the incident. Police team apprehended him from Paschim Vihar where he tried to mislead the police team and concealed his identity. During the sustained interrogation, the accused broke down and confessed his involvement in the murder,” said the DCP.
“Gagan told police that he suspected that his wife was having an affair. On the night of the incident, an altercation happened between the victim and the accused over the affair and the accused smashed her head and face with a blunt object. The children woke up and started crying. He also hit them with the same weapon of offence and disappeared from the house,” said the DCP.