A candlelight vigil at India Gate for Dhruv Tyagi who was killed for resisting his daughter’s harassment

NEW DELHI: Police have arrested the wife and daughter of Jehangir, who along with his three sons stabbed his neighbour, Dhruv Tyagi, to death for protesting against lewd remarks passed at his daughter in west Delhi’s Basai Darapur village early on Sunday. Tyagi’s son, Anmol, was also critically injured in the incident.

DCP (west) Monika Bhardwaj said the two women were arrested after allegations of their involvement were corroborated by many eyewitnesses.

A probe has revealed that Jehangir’s wife and daughter initially pelted stones at Tyagi from their balcony. Later, they came down with a cleaver and handed it to Jehangir. When Tyagi’s daughter went to save her father and brother, the two women attacked her as well. In order to save herself and her family members, Jehangir’s wife called the PCR falsely accusing Tyagi and his family members of attacking her daughter.

During questioning, Jehangir’s wife initially claimed that she went down to stop the fight and didn’t hand over any weapons or attacked anyone. However, her son’s statement nailed her lies as he told police that he saw his mother and sister taking part in the attack. This was corroborated by the statement of Tyagi’s daughter. It was also found that Jehangir’s son, Mohammad Shamsher Alam, was drunk at the time of the incident.

Senior police officers met the victim’s family and assured them all help as they have lost their sole breadwinner. The victim’s daughter, wife and father also met Union home minister Rajnath Singh accompanied by Union minister Vijay Goel, rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra and senior JD(U) leader KC Tyagi. The family members also staged a candlelight protest at India Gate demanding death penalty for the accused.

