Suspecting his wife’s fidelity, a 43-year-old man stabbed her to death at their residence in Northeast Delhi’s Dilshad Garden area in the early hours of Wednesday.
The accused, Vinod Bisht, allegedly stabbed his wife Rekha more than 35 times, while their 15-year-old son Vineet sustained injuries when he tried to save his mother. The accused fled from the spot after killing his wife and injuring his teenaged son. However, Vinod was arrested late on Wednesday night.
Police officials of the Shahdara district said that the victim, Rekha Bisht, a housewife had sustained 11 major injuries and 20 to 25 minor injuries on her body. Rekha died on the spot as the accused had stabbed on vital parts, the official added.
According to a senior police official, the incident took place at around 5.30am at the P pocket Block 4 area of Dilshad Garden where Vinod Bisht lived with his wife and two sons.
“Vinod returned home at around 5:30am. Enraged over this, his wife Rekha got into a heated argument with him. Their spat turned ugly when he went out and locked the main door of his younger brother’s house who lived in the same building. He came back, took out a knife from his bag and started stabbing his wife.
On hearing the screams of his mother, Vineet who was sleeping in the adjacent room came and intervened. In a bid to save his mother from the beastly attack, Vineet too sustained injuries on his hand.
After stabbing Rekha and their son, the accused fled from the spot. In the meantime, younger son Vinod came to the rescue of the mother-son duo and made a call to the police.
local police rushed the injured to the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital where Rekha was declared brought dead while Vineet was admitted. He was discharged later in the day.
Body of the victim was handed over to the family of the victim later in the day after the autopsy was performed.
A senior police official, privy to the investigations, said, “ As per the version of the victim’s relatives, Vinod Bisht, Rekha’s husband used to work as a manager in a tent and catering business. He was married to Rekha for the past 15 years. However, for the past three to four months, the couple used to fight often. Vinod suspected that his wife was cheating on him and was having an extra-marital affair.”
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) said, “We have registered a case under sections of murder and attempt to murder of the Indian Penal Code at the Seemapuri police station. Further investigation is on.”
In the absence of CCTV cameras, police are questioning the friends and relatives of the accused to ascertain what led to the murder of the 36-year-old woman.