Man kills wife over lunch

New Delhi: On Tuesday, a man, aged about 25yrs stabbed his wife to death in northeast Delhi's Seemapuri for not serving him lunch on time. According to the police, the accused even planned to throw the body down from the balcony to make it look like a suicide. Nevertheless, he was caught red handed by neighbours and was handed over to police.

The incident took place at Sunlight Colony in Seemapuri. Manju (20), the victim, was preparing lunch for the family when her husband Gautam (25) came into the kitchen and asked for food. Manju asked her husband to wait for sometime so that she could finish preparing the food. Fuming over this incident, Gautam abused Manju and started hitting her badly. When she argued and fought back, he picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed her a few times on the neck and abdomen and killed her brutally.

Later, he realised and became conscious and managed to take her dead body to the balcony of the first floor and made attempt to throw it from there to create it as a suicide. By this time, neighbours had congregated hearing Manju's calls for help. No sooner they raised an alarm one of the neighbours entered his flat and got hold of him. The victim was rushed to GTB hospital where she was declared dead on arrival. Neighbours called police and Gautam was arrested. A case has been booked and the police have been investigating the matter.