Police said they mounted surveillance around her residence in Tilak Vihar and intervened before he could carry out the alleged attack.
New Delhi: Delhi Police foiled an alleged attempt to kill a woman in west Delhi after discovering that her husband, who had earlier murdered her lover, was planning to target her next.
The accused, Kunal (28), and his associate, Piyush (22), were arrested in connection with the murder of the 19-year-old youth in central Delhi’s Prasad Nagar. In a separate murder case, an 18-year-old youth, Brijesh, was stabbed to death in JJ Colony, Bawana, on Nov 9. Probe revealed that Brijesh was allegedly attacked near E-Block following an earlier quarrel with Fardeen (18).
Following the murder, Prasad Nagar police launched an investigation and used CCTV footage, technical surveillance and local intelligence to trace the alleged involvement of Kunal and Piyush.
The victim had allegedly been living with Kunal’s wife for the past three months, fuelling hostility between the two, according to police. The weapon allegedly used in the crime and the scooter suspected to have been used by the accused were also recovered. Police received a PCR call about an injured youth lying unconscious with stab wounds and shifted him to a hospital in Narela, where doctors declared him dead. A murder case was registered, and police used CCTV footage to trace and arrest the accused.