NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old man allegedly killed his wife by bludgeoning her with a battery after suspecting her of speaking to someone on the phone, and later died by suicide after consuming poison in Delhi’s Ranhola area, police said on Saturday.According to investigators, Vinay allegedly struck his 24-year-old wife Nisha on the head with an Exide battery following a dispute. Police said that after killing her, he consumed aluminium phosphide. He then took their three-year-old daughter to his mother’s rented accommodation in Kotla Vihar Phase-I, located about 150 yards from his own rented room, where he reportedly confessed to his sister Priya that he had killed his wife and consumed poison, police said.They said Priya rushed to the couple’s room, found Nisha lying in a pool of blood, and alerted neighbours, who then informed the police.Vinay was taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, they said.The incident came to light on July 2 when police received a PCR call reporting an attempted murder in Tilangpur Kotla village in Outer Delhi.Police said post-mortem examinations of both the deceased have been conducted and the bodies handed over to their family for the last rites.Police said that after finding Nisha critically injured with severe head wounds, they rushed her to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead.According to news agency PTI, preliminary investigation revealed that Nisha had been married to Vinay for five years. The couple had a three-year-old daughter and had been living as tenants in the area for the past six to seven months.A case under Section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered at Ranhola police station, and further investigation is underway, police said.(With agency inputs)
