A 16-year-old boy was apprehended in West Delhi Thursday for allegedly stabbing to demise his sister’s husband for “taunting” him, police mentioned. Nevertheless, the 26-year-old sufferer’s spouse alleged that her household, who was against their marriage, was behind the homicide.
“The boy informed us that he (the sufferer) would frequently tease and use unsavoury language to taunt him. He was additionally sad along with his sister’s marriage. Thus far, nothing has come to recommend the involvement of anybody else,” mentioned Vichitra Veer, DCP West.
The alleged stabbing came about late on Wednesday when the couple had gone to a market close to their dwelling. “After we obtained carried out, we headed in direction of dwelling, however he informed me he wanted to make use of the washroom,” his spouse mentioned. “When he got here out (of the washroom), he informed me he’ll come dwelling later and requested me to go dwelling,” she mentioned.
Round 20 minutes later, her husband’s niece got here dwelling working and raised an alarm saying she noticed “folks beating bhaiyya”, the spouse mentioned. The person’s mother and father and spouse rushed to the spot and located him mendacity on the bottom, blood seeping out from his chest.
He was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital however was declared introduced useless.
In response to police, the person had been married to his spouse for lower than a yr. The lady’s household was in opposition to the wedding, regardless of each households belonging to the identical district in Uttar Pradesh and having related backgrounds.
“They lived in the identical neighbourhood and went to the identical faculty… They fell in love and began a relationship.. and obtained married final yr on December 7,” mentioned the sufferer’s cousin.
He claimed that the lady’s household had tried to assault the sufferer the day after they obtained married. “Our household needed to ship them away to our village in Unnao for his or her security. They lived there for 7-8 months, and got here again right here round 5 months in the past after he (the sufferer) obtained a job in Delhi,” the cousin mentioned.
The sufferer’s brother-in-law claimed that the spouse’s household had threatened the person round two weeks again as effectively. “They had been sad that the 2 had entered a love marriage, with out the consent of her mother and father. They had been actually indignant that that they had eloped and introduced disgrace to her household,” he mentioned. Police mentioned they’re looking for CCTV footage capturing the alleged stabbing.
