Woman murdered as an act of revenge

Husband, nephew and driver detained for plotting murder against wife

Two days after the arrest of a 31-year-old man from North Delhi’s Burari for allegedly killing his former employer’s wife as an act of revenge. The Delhi police has also arrested the victim’s husband Virendra Kumar (34) who is an assistant professor at Ramjas College and his nephew, Govinda on the charges of criminal conspiracy of the murder. Both the arrest has been confirmed by DCP (north district) Sagar Singh Kalsi.

On Monday evening, the driver Rakesh surrendered at Burari police station and during interrogation told the police that the victim, Pinky Singh (33) had asked her husband to remove him from his job. This infuriated the driver and he strangled Pinky and then electrocuted her to make sure that she is dead. “The incident came to light around 4pm Monday when a constable found Rakesh loitering outside the police station. On being questioned, he told the constable that he had killed a woman. After taking him into custody, he accompanied the police team to the crime scene from where they recovered the woman’s body. The husband was not at home at the time,” said an officer.

During further probing, it was revealed that having fed up with regular fights over trivial issues Virender wanted to get rid of her. The officer said “He discussed the matter with Rakesh, who was not happy with Pinky either. Virender told him he would look after his wife and children after he was arrested. He also roped in his nephew for help,” said the officer. Rakesh told the police that Virender informed him that he would be taking his mother out on Monday afternoon and that is when he can execute the plan. The DCP Kalsi said “During questioning, the accused told the police that he used to drive a taxi. Around three years ago, he met Virender. He was given a Wagon-R to drive and provided a room for his family on the top floor of the house. He thought of Virender as an elder brother.”