Barely days after Raksha Bandhan, a man allegedly murdered his younger sister in front of her minor son at their residence in a JJ cluster in north-west Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar on Saturday. The accused has been arrested, but the motive behind the murder is not yet clear.
The 10-year-old boy told the police that Premu shoved a rolling pin down his mother’s throat, strangled her using his foot and slept the whole night next to the corpse. The boy also told police that his uncle brutally assaulted his mother before the murder.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the siblings fought frequently ever since Madhuri left her husband and shifted to Premu’s house. According to the police, Premu’s wife left the house some days ago due to the constant fights.
According to senior police officers, the accused claimed he was trying to make his sister consume medicine. However, it has been found that she wasn’t undergoing any treatment. The murder came to light when the child narrated the incident to Premu’s neighbours on Sunday morning. The neighbours called up the police immediately, but the accused managed to escape.
“The boy narrated the entire incident in front of the police. He also alleged that Premu used to beat his mother and him frequently. We mounted surveillance on Premu and trace him. He had not managed to run very far and was nabbed,” added a senior police officer.
Inebriated
During interrogation, Premu purportedly confessed that he was inebriated and therefore did not realise the consequence of his action.
He claims he was trying to make Madhuri eat her medicine. A case of murder has been registered. A crime and forensic team visited the spot to collect samples and the matter is being investigated. Other family members have been informed about the matter and the body has been sent for post-mortem,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (north-west) Vijay Singh.
The police have not ruled out Madhuri’s resistance to an attempted rape by Premu as the cause of her death.
