New Delhi: A 35-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by his wife in outer Delhi's Narela following a quarrel over his drinking habits.
According to police, the deceased was identified as Javed, a welder by profession. He was a drunkard and his wife used to fight with him often over his drinking habits. Police said that on Saturday, Javed returned home in a drunken state and had a quarrel with his wife who then beat him up, Sharma said.
He went to bed afterwards and was found dead today at around 6 am by his younger brother Ajim (25), he added. On the basis of the deceased's family member statement, a case of murder was registered against Salma and she was arrested, the police said. Sabra, the victim's mother alleged that her daughter-in-law used to hit and threaten her as well asserting that she was working with the Delhi Commission for Women
(DCW). "On Saturday night, she told Javed to stop drinking and later hit him. I thought they would stop fighting so I went to my shop. When I came home, Javed was asleep and it was only in the morning that Ajim found out that his brother had died," Sabra said.
Refuting Salma's claim, the DCW said that the accused was enrolled as a volunteer in one of its schemes. "We runs a grassroots programme called 'Mahila Panchayat' where we encourage women leaders on the ground to create awareness on women's issues," a DCW official said.
"We have thousands of volunteers associated with us. Salma was neither a staffer of the DCW nor the Mahila Panchayat. She was just a volunteer with the Panchayat," the official added. with Agency inputs