A 22-year-old woman was killed by her neighbour in Bhalswa Dairy in north-west Delhi in the afternoon on August 11, the police said on Sunday. The accused, who had allegedly been forcing her to leave her husband and marry him, has been arrested.
Accused Ravi Kumar (28), a contractual labourer at a godown, lives opposite the woman’s house. Ravi was arrested while planning to flee to his village in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh. The woman’s one-year-old son was in the house when she was killed.
During interrogation, Ravi said he was in love with the woman but she did not reciprocate his feeling. He told the police he killed her in a fit of rage. The police control room received a call at 2.30 p.m. The caller told the police that a woman had been found dead at her residence in Bhalswa Dairy.
The police said the woman was strangled in the afternoon on August 11 while her husband, a vegetable vendor, had gone out for work. The was found woman lying on the floor with a dupatta tied around her neck. The landlord thought she had committed suicide. However, the police suspected foul play .
“The husband, identified as Rajesh Singh, was informed about the incident. He told the police that he suspected Ravi,” said a police officer.
Rajesh said his wife had told him about Ravi, who had allegedly been harassing her. They were also planning to shift. “Ravi was held from the same area,” the officer said.
“He had been expressing his love for the woman for a long time but she always turned him down. When he approached her again on August 11, she threatened to call the police and also said that she would inform her husband,” said DCP (North-West) Aslam Khan. The accused was aware that her husband was at work at the time of the incident.