Muzaffarnagar (IANS) | A mother-son duo has been arrested for allegedly slitting the throat of a 50-year-old man due to old enmity in Mansoorpur police station area of UP’s Muzaffarnagar district. The accused have been identified as Nikunj and Indu Tyagi. The incident is of Sonhajani Tagan village under Mansoorpur police station area of Muzaffarnagar district. The police officer gave this information on Monday.
City Superintendent of Police Satya Narayan Prajapat said that on June 14, Mansoorpur police station had received information regarding the murder of a person. In Sonhajani Tagan village, the body of a 50-year-old man was found inside a house, whose neck was slit with a sharp weapon. On information, the police immediately reached the spot and recovered the body. The deceased was identified as Sandeep Tyagi.
The ASP said that based on the complaint given by the wife of the deceased, an FIR was registered against the unknown.
The ASP said that, during investigation, it was found that the incident was perpetrated by the deceased Sandeep Tyagi and the accused cousin Nikunj alias Manohar due to old enmity and litigation with the family.
The ASP said that the accused Nikunj has confessed to the crime that the deceased Sandeep Tyagi used to harass his father and mother. In the years 2009, 2010, 2014, the accused assaulted his parents after entering the house. To take revenge, he first consumed alcohol in a planned manner and later killed Sandeep by slitting his neck with a balakti during the night. After which he went home and narrated his ordeal to his mother. The mother washed the blade used in the murder and threw it in the village pond. After this, mother Indu Tyagi was also arrested. The balkati used in the murder has been recovered at his instance.
The ASP said that an FIR was lodged against the accused at Mansoorpur police station under sections of murder and destruction of evidence. The accused Nikunj and Indu have been arrested.
–IANS
