Husband kills woman

She used to taunt him over his being unemployed

Enraged with ‘ill-treatment’ over his unemployment, a 38-year-old man stabbed his wife to death after a heated argument in west Delhi’s Khayala on Thursday. The accused surrendered before police.

Kiranjeet, who hailed from Dhadha village in Greater Noida, lived separately from her husband Sohan Singh.

He lives with his parents in west Delhi’s Najafgarh, while Kiranjeet had been staying with her parents.

It was Kiranjeet’s second marriage. She had two sons, one from her first husband and the second, who is three-year-old, with Sohan.

They used to live separate due to marital discord for the last two years, but Sohan often came to meet his son.

Police said Sohan went to Kiranjeet’s house around 9 pm and stabbed her. When a police team reached the spot, Kiranjeet was found lying in a pool of blood.

“Kiranjeet sustained multiple stab wounds in the abdomen and was declared brought dead at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital,” a police officer said.

Kiranjeet married Sohan in 2012, but they used to pick up quarrels due to Sohan’s unemployment. Sohan’s family sustained themselves through the earnings of his father Ajit, who is a cable operator.

“As a result of this, Kiranjeet used to ill treat Sohan. He also claimed that Kiranjeet used to taunt him saying he must start earning,” the officer added.

They had another heated argument when Sohan came home on Thursday. He grabbed a knife and stabbed Kiranjeet.

Hearing the commotion, Kiranjeet’s parents and two brothers rushed to their room, but Kiranjeet succumbed to her injuries.

A case of murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code has been lodged against Sohan. “The weapon used in commission of crime has been seized,” the officer added.
Kiranjeet’s body was handed over to her father Amardeep, a farmer, after a post-mortem on Friday.