A 25-year-old woman was allegedly bludgeoned to death by her husband with a baseball bat after an argument ensued between the two over his drinking habit. The accused was later arrested on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident took place around 8 pm on Tuesday at the couple’s flat in Chilla Village of East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar area. The accused, Vinod Kumar (30), returned home in an inebriated state and started abusing his wife Priya.“When Priya confronted him over his regular drinking habit, an argument ensued between the couple and Kumar attacked her with a baseball bat and hit her repeatedly. As she collapsed, he fled the scene,” said a police official.
Hearing the commotion, couple’s landlady Zubeida Begum sent her son to monitor the situation, who found Priya lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Police were informed and Priya was rushed to lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital where she was declared brought dead.
Neighbours told police that Vinod worked odd jobs to earn his livelihood and there used to be frequent quarrels between the couple over his drinking habit.A case of murder was registered at Mayur Vihar police station and manhunt was launched to nab the accused and he was arrested by the police on Wednesday afternoon. The body of the deceased was handed over to the family members after conducting the post-mortem.