DCP (Rohini) Rishi Pal said Shankar told police that he wanted to surrender as he killed his brother’s wife. The victim, Kalawati, was missing since Friday night. An FIR under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC has been registered against the accused.
Shankar, who used to run an e-rickshaw with his brother Fugi Lal, was not happy about Kalawati going to work. Kalawati and Lal had a 16-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son. Officers said that Kalawati used to work in a plastic factory in Budh Vihar. “Shankar was of conservative mindset and did not appreciate working women. He used to urge Kalawati to go back to their village in Uttar Pradesh with her daughter,” an officer said.
Shankar finally told Kalawati that he has booked a train ticket for her to go to the village immediately. On the pretext of dropping her at the station, Shankar took Kalawati to a Vijay Vihar park in his e-rickshaw. Inside the park, he attacked her with a meat cleaver — beheading her. He also chopped off her hands.
