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NEW DELHI : Suspecting her of infidelity, a 43-year-old man stabbed his wife more than 30 times at their Dilshad Garden residence on Wednesday. The accused, Vinod Bisht, attacked his teenaged son as well when the latter tried to intervene. He was arrested late in the evening.

Police said they received a call about the incident at 6.30am. They were told that Bisht — who’s employed as catering manager with a banquet hall — locked the doors of the flat and fled. Nupur Prasad, DCP, Shahdara, said, “We followed some leads into Bisht’s whereabouts and even sent teams to neighbouring states to nab him. The provocation behind the murder will be known after we finish interrogating him.”

Bisht returned home late on Tuesday night and had a violent argument with his wife the following morning, police said. Their 15-year-old son, Vineet, was sleeping in the adjacent room. He told police that his father pulled out a knife from his bag and kept stabbing his mother, Rekha, on her face and chest until she fell unconscious. When Vineet tried to stop him, he threatened him and even slashed his arm.

Bisht then locked the door of the flat next door where his younger brother, Madan, stayed with his family. “We took the mother-son duo to hospital. Before succumbing to her injuries, Rekha told us about her argument with her husband,” said Praveen Kumar, a neighbour. The couple used to fight regularly over small matters, their son told the police, adding that Bisht often didn’t come home at night and that aggravated the situation.

The two brothers, natives of Uttarakhand, have been staying in the east Delhi locality for over 30 years. A case of murder has been registered against Bisht. The knife used to commit the crime has also been seized.

