A 30-year-old woman was allegedly thrashed to death by her husband in central Delhi’s Hauz Qazi area on Friday, police said.
A PCR call was received at 1.15 pm that Salman Jawahar (32) had beaten up his wife, Aafreen Naaj, and she was lying unconscious, they said.
When a police team rushed to the spot, they found Naaj lying unconscious in a room. She was taken to a hospital, where doctors declared her dead, a senior police officer said.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Naaj, a resident of Shah Ganj in Ajmeri Gate, and Jawahar had gotten married about 10 years ago, and they have a son, police said.
They had a strained relationship, and Jawahar’s behaviour towards Naaj was not good, they said. This afternoon, the man thrashed his wife with a wooden stick, following which she became unconscious, the officer said.
A case was registered against Jawahar under section 302 (murder) of the IPC, and he has been apprehended, they said, adding that the spot was inspected by FSL and a crime team.
Further investigation is in progress, police said.