NEW DELHI: The spouse of a priest was stabbed to demise inside a temple positioned on the premises of a Delhi Growth Authority (DDA) housing society in east Delhi’s Mansarovar Park on Sunday. Inside hours, police detained a suspect. He instructed cops that he needed to kill the priest, Mahesh Sharma, because the latter harboured “malicious intent” in direction of his household.Sharma, who was away on the time of the homicide, rubbished the declare, including that he had acquired demise threats round two weeks in the past. His household mentioned {that a} long-drawn property dispute over the temple might need been the motive behind the assault. A police officer mentioned the dispute has been pending in courtroom for a number of years. Cops sought a response from the Authority relating to the possession standing of the temple.Sharma, a resident of Ramnagar in Mansarovar Park, instructed police that he knowledgeable his spouse, Kusum (48) at 11.30 am that he was going to carry out a puja on the home of a resident of the society. “I instructed her to come back alongside, and she or he mentioned that she would be part of me in a couple of minutes. “Ten minutes later, I acquired a telephone name from a person who was portray the temple. He instructed me that my spouse had been attacked with a chopper. She was struck on the top and different elements of the physique,” Sharma mentioned. Kusum was rushed to the close by GTB Hospital, however had died by then.Based on Sharma, three to 4 individuals had been current contained in the temple when the person approached a lady and requested about Sharma’s whereabouts. When she instructed him that Sharma was away, the person requested the place Kusum was. As quickly as the lady pointed in direction of her, the person pounced on Kusum. “The girl picked up a stick and tried to cease him, however she was additionally attacked and sustained accidents. She acquired stitches on her head,” Sharma mentioned.Deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara) Prashant Priya Gautam mentioned that the person, who’s being questioned, was detained together with the weapon of homicide. A case was registered beneath Part 103 (homicide) of BNS. Police will conduct his psychiatric evaluation with the assistance of specialists to know extra about his motive.
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