Man on the run after stabbing wife, killing mother-in-law in Keshavpuram

New Delhi: In a tragic turn of events, a man murdered his mother-in-law and stabbed his pregnant wife in Keshavpuram area of north west Delhi.

The man named Afroz first attacked his mother-in-law Khadija with a kitchen knife and when his wife Shaista intervened and tried to save her mother, angry Afroz attacked her too with the same knife.

Cops sais that 50-year-old Khadija died instantly due to stab wounds in her stomach and Afroz is on the run.

Khadija had come to live with her daughter in Delhi from Gazipur along with her 6 children. Police said that since Afroz was residing in a small room with his wife, he felt that his privacy was disturbed. There were frequent fights and Afroz had threatened to give Shaista divorce if she didn't ask her mother to leave.

"Since Shaista's mother Khadija came to stay with her in Ramzan, Afroz found it hard to accommodate in a single room.This irked him and on Thursday he stabbed his mother-in-law to death and injured his pregnant wife," said a senior police officer.

As soon as the incident happened, the neighbours informed the police and the police rushed both the victims to the hospital where the doctors declared Khadija brought dead.

Meanwhile, 21-year-old Shaista who married Afroz a year ago is undergoing treatment. Police said that though she is out of danger.

"We have registered a case of murder and attempt-to-murder and are looking for Afroz who is a daily wager. He is on the run after murdering his mother-in-law," said a senior police officer.