Man kills sis-in-law for talking on phone

NEW DELHI: A 31-year-old man allegedly murdered his sister-inlaw in northeast Delhi’s Babarpur on Tuesday night after suspecting her of chatting with another man on phone, police said.

Deputy commissioner of police (north-east) Ajit Kumar Singla said that the accused, Ram Karan, was arrested on Wednesday. He is previously involved in the murder of his father-in-law, Nanhelal, in 2010.

“Ram Karan did not like her sister-in-law speaking with an unknown person. On Tuesday night, he found that she was online and chatting on the phone. They had arguments, after which Karan stabbed her with a knitting needle in her neck and then strangled her. Later, he surrendered and confessed to the crime,” said Singla.

The DCP refused to give the name of the victim saying that they do not reveal the identity of female victims.

Karan was living at his in-laws’ house after their death. The other occupants of the house were his wife, a minor son, four sisters-in-law and two brothersin-law aged between 15 and 18.

“He stood besides the victim’s body for an hour, wondering what to do next. Later, he went out of the house to pick up his wife, who was coming in a bus from her home town. But he did not meet her and asked her to take an auto-rickshaw and went to a relative’s house,” said Singla.

The victim was found dead on her bed on Wednesday early morning by her brothers. They called the police. During enquiry, a team of police reached the house of the relative in Karol Bagh about which Karan had told his wife.

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