New Delhi: A 33-year-old man stabbed his wife to death and chopped her body after he suspected her of having an affair.
Police said that after murdering his wife, the accused came to the police station and claimed to have killed his wife. Investigators revealed that he dumped pieces of her body in a septic tank.
Police identified the accused as Aashu. The man later surrendered at the Prem Nagar police station and said he killed his wife as he suspected she was having an affair, the police said.
"He came in the morning around 11-12 pm and claimed that he had killed his wife on Saturday night. Without wasting any time the staff started questioning the accused," police said.
Meanwhile, the police team also started searching the septic tank in which the accused claimed to have thrown her body pieces. After the continuous search of more than five to six hours, all the body pieces were recovered. Investigators said that the accused was suspecting illicit affair of his wife.
Reports were coming out that after killing his wife he also informed his relatives about the murder. The Delhi Police senior officer said that they are investigating the following fact.
Investigators are probing the fact whether before the incident the accused had any fight with his wife and in a fit of rage, he killed her.
"Different angles being probed in the case. There will be more clarity after the investigation is completed," an officer said. Further police said that accused worked at a computer repair shop in Mayapuri and lived with his wife and children at Prem Nagar. "A case has been registered and we are further investigating the matter," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) S D Mishra said adding that search is going on to recover the weapon of offence which was knife.