45-yr-old kills nephew for ‘affair’ with his wife, held

Ludhiana: The police, on Monday, arrested a man for killing his nephew in Raj Enclave, Tibba, a day before. Accused Sarwan Kumar, 45, suspected victim Sapan Kumar Shah, 30, of having an illicit relation with his wife.
Sapan, who belonged to Madhepura, Bihar, was a labour contractor and owned a printing unit. Sapan lived on the ground floor of the printing unit and Sarwan, along with his wife and children, on its first floor.
Joint commissioner of police (rural) Sachin Gupta said, “Sidhu Kumar, a labourer, had gone to see Sapan as the latter was not answering his calls. On entering the unit, he saw him lying dead in a pool of blood and called the police on Sunday morning.”
Initially, a case was registered against unidentified accused under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC. The police had also recovered an iron rod, which was used to kill Sapan, from the spot.
However, during probe Sarwan was changing his statement, therefore, the police suspected his involvement in the murder. “He spilled the beans during questioning. He said two years ago he was arrested for peddling drugs and lodged in a jail. Meanwhile, his nephew developed illicit relationship with his wife. In March, when he came out on bail, he heard a conversation between the two and learned about their relationship. Since then, Sarwan had been planning to kill Sapan,” the JCP added.
In April, Sapan went to Bihar for his marriage and returned on July 27. Since then, Sarwan was waiting for the right time to kill him. On Saturday night, he broke open the window grille to enter Sapan’s room when he was sleeping. He then attacked him with an iron rod. Sarwan told the police that he wanted to dump the body in a canal, but could not lift it.