Miffed lover held for bludgeoning woman’s 45-yr-old husband to death

A man, who had killed a man and seriously wounding her wife, was arrested in UP after a 700-km chase, police said on Sunday. The accused, Akhilesh, a native of Rae Bareli in UP, was tracked down in his home town by a joint team of a unit from the Kishangarh police station and the special staff of southwest district.

On the night of May 21, the accused, who had an alleged affair with the victim’s wife, entered the couple’s home in south Delhi’s Katwaria Sarai and bludgeoned

45-year-old Ashok Kumar to death.

The police found Kumar’s wife unconscious with wounds and rushed her to the AIIMS Trauma Centre. The couple originally from Jhansi, worked as daily wage labourers at IIT-Delhi.

Their daughter, Kajal, later identified them.

Investigations revealed that Akhilesh often visited the woman at her house, and possibly had an affair with her, much to the consternation of her husband.

Akhilesh confessed that he assaulted the two with a hammer after being rejected by the woman and warned by her husband to stay away, the police said.

While on the run, Akhilesh kept changing his location in UP, until he was finally apprehended in Rae Bareli following a 700-km chase.

Officials seized the hammer and the accused’s blood stained clothes.

Further investigation was underway, they said.