Delhi: Man kills wife with battery over infidelity suspicion, dies by suicide in Najafgarh

Delhi: A 28-year-old man allegedly bludgeoned his wife to death with a battery after suspecting her of talking to someone on the phone, and later died by suicide after consuming poison in the Ranhola area, police said on Saturday.

The incident came to light on July 2 when police received a PCR call regarding an attempted murder at Tilangpur Kotla village in Outer Delhi.

According to investigators, Vinay allegedly hit Nisha, 24, on the head with an Exide battery following a dispute. Police said after killing his wife, Vinay allegedly consumed aluminium phosphide. He then took their three-year-old daughter to his mother’s rented accommodation in nearby Kotla Vihar Phase-I, about 150 yards from his rented room, where he confessed to his sister Priya that he had killed his wife and consumed poison, police said.

They said Priya rushed to the couple’s room, found Nisha lying in a pool of blood, and alerted neighbours, who then informed police.

Vinay was taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where he was declared brought dead, they said.

Police said post-mortem examinations of both the deceased have been conducted and the bodies handed over to their family for the last rites.

Police said after they found Nisha, lying critically injured with severe head wounds, they rushed her to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Nisha had been married to Vinay for five years. The couple had a daughter around three years old and had been living as tenants in the area for the last six or seven months.

A case under Section 103(1) (Murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered at Ranhola police station, and further investigation is underway, police said.