Suspecting illicit relationship, husband murdered wife on Diwali day

Noida: In Police Station 113 area of Noida, a young man attacked his wife with a knife and killed her. It is said that the husband suspected his wife of having an illicit affair. Angered by this, the husband murdered his wife on Diwali.

On receiving the information, the police of Sector-113 police station reached the spot and sent the body for post-mortem. The husband is absconding since the incident. Additional DCP Shakti Mohan Awasthi said that many people are living in slums on vacant plots in front of Ajnara Ambrosia Society located in Sector- 118. Sunil Das, a resident of Guwahati, Assam, has been living in this slum with his wife and three daughters for two years. Both were earning their living by working as labourers. There was a dispute going on between husband and wife for many days.

It is alleged that Sunil Das suspected his wife of having an illicit relationship with someone else. On the day of Diwali, at around 2:30 pm, Sunil Das murdered his wife by slitting her throat with a knife.

There was an outcry in the slum after the incident. On receiving the information, the police reached the spot, but by then the accused had fled from the spot.

Police say that 6 teams have been formed to arrest Sunil Das, he will be arrested soon.