Locals save woman from drunk husband
Neighbours turned saviour for a 25-year-old woman who was threatened at gunpoint and dragged into a car, allegedly by her drunk husband, outside her parental home in outer Delhi’s Sultanpuri in the early hours of Monday.
Police said the man was enraged with his wife because she had left his home in Rohtak after an altercation.
Even as the man, Yashpal, threatened to open fire, the neighbours overpowered him and snatched his country made pistol before he could harm anybody. When police reached the spot, the inebriated man allegedly threatened to shoot them as well, police said.
Yashpal was taken into custody and a pistol with five bullets was seized from him. He was arrested under sections 452 (house trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint), 506 (criminal intimidation), 336 (Act endangering life or personal safety of others) of Indian Penal Code.
A case was registered at the Sultanpuri police station. Yashpal’s friend Devender, who was with him, was arrested, police said.
MN Tiwari, deputy commissioner of police (outer), said at 1.30 am, the woman’s neighbour called up the police control room . The woman was married to Yashpal four years ago. Yashpal runs a canteen business at the ITI in Rohtak, the DCP said.
According to a police officer, the couple often had quarrels but this time woman the decided to leave her husband. The couple recently had a quarrel after which she informed her brother Akash who visited Yashpal’s home in his absence and brought his sister back to his Sultanpuri home.
“When Yashpal found his wife missing, he tracked her down to her parental home and reached there with Devender in an inebriated condition. Yashpal asked his wife to return and when she refused, he pointed a pistol on her,” said the officer.
When Akash tried to rescue his sister, Yashpal allegedly abused him and threatened to kill her. Hearing the commotion, some neighbours came out and overpowered Yashpal and Devender.
They were later handed over to the police.
“Yashpal was previously involved in a murder case in Haryana. We are interrogating him to find out the source through which he procured the firearm,” added the DCP.