Man slits sister-in-law’s throat, arrested
On a busy Monday afternoon in Rohini’s Sector-24, the hum of routine life was moving at its usual pace. The day was unfolding like any other. The faint smell of antiseptic lingered in the air. A 27-year-old physiotherapist moved between rooms, focused on her work. Then, sometime around 12.21 pm, everything changed.
A PCR call crackled through the Delhi Police control room: a young woman had been attacked, her throat slit. She was conscious, but bleeding. When police teams reached the therapy centre, panic hung thick in the corridors. The injured physiotherapist had already been rushed to BSA Hospital.
According to investigators, the attacker had walked in disguised as a woman. He wore a wig. He was dressed in feminine clothing. Nothing about him, at first glance, appeared alarming. Police said, It was a calculated disguise, meant to avoid suspicion and recognition.
The man behind the wig was Jai Prakash Yadav, 27, a resident of Najafgarh and a teacher at a coaching centre. More disturbingly, he was the victim’s brother-in-law. Police said he allegedly carried a cutter blade with him. Inside the therapy centre, in a space meant for healing, he attacked her and slit her throat. The assault was sudden and brutal.
There was screaming. Someone rushed forward. Someone else dialled for help. Amid the chaos, the injured woman remained conscious as she was carried out and taken to the hospital. Doctors at BSA Hospital began treatment immediately. Police said she is undergoing treatment and is currently unfit to give a statement.
Back at the scene, officers launched a search operation. The accused had not managed to escape far. He was found hiding on the rooftop of a nearby building. Police said he was apprehended there. The cutter blade allegedly used in the attack was recovered from his possession.
During interrogation, Yadav reportedly told police that the attack was driven by revenge. Investigators said he had been embroiled in a dispute with his wife and her family since April 2025. He allegedly claimed that his wife’s family had assaulted his mother.
Anger had been simmering for months.
The disguise, officers believe, was part of a deliberate plan. He knew he could be recognised. He knew he would stand out. So, he tried to blend in.
A case under charges of attempt to murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered at Budh Vihar police station. Forensic teams examined the crime scene. CCTV footage from the therapy centre and nearby streets is being analysed to reconstruct his movements.
For many in the neighbourhood, the most unsettling part is not just the violence, but the deception. A wig. A change of clothes. A familiar face hidden in plain sight.
