A 37-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife with a pair of scissors and then committed suicide by jumping in front of a train in East Delhi on Friday night.
Before taking the extreme step, the man wrote a suicide note on the wall of his house in which he named his wife Pooja (36) as the reason for taking the extreme step. According to the police, the cause of the alleged murder and suicide is difference of opinions and ego clash between the couple.
The victims, Pooja, and Neeraj, had been married for nine years. They had two children, Yash and Harsh, both close to seven years of age. The family stayed in Kailash Nagar, East Delhi.
A police officer said: “Neeraj’s sister, Bhawna, was staying with the couple since the past few days. Around 8-30 p.m. on Friday, Bhawna arrived at the Gandhi Nagar police station and reported that her brother, Neeraj, had stabbed Pooja with a pair of scissors and had gone missing,” said the officer.
On reaching the couple’s residence the police found Pooja’s body. On Saturday morning around 7 a.m., they found Neeraj’s body on the railway tracks in Kailash Nagar. “He had jumped in front of a train,” said the officer.
The police found a note allegedly written by Neeraj on a wall in the house. “He had written: Pooja mere marne ka kaaran hain (Pooja is the cause of my death),” said the officer.
Investigators said the couple often fought with each other over petty issues such as bad food. Also, Neeraj had also stopped working for the past five years, adding to their woes. He was a shopkeeper in Kailash Nagar.
A case under sections of murder has been registered at Gandhi Nagar police station in connection with Pooja’s death.
