A 44-year-old man and his 19-year-old son were arrested for allegedly hacking a cab driver to death in Lucknow’s Rahimabad area late Sunday night over a suspected affair, police said on Tuesday.
The victim, 40-year-old Sanjay Kumar, was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon inside his home in Mawai Kala village under the Hamid Kheda police jurisdiction. Police reported that the assailants, Sunil Kr Gautam and his son Divyansh Kumar, chased Sanjay out of his house and assaulted him near a canal, where he died from multiple injuries.
“An FIR was filed based on a complaint by the victim’s mother, Ram Dulari, who was present at the scene,” Additional DCP (North) JK Dubey said during a press briefing. The accused were arrested on Monday and produced before the court on Tuesday.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Sunil suspected his wife, Meera, of having an ongoing relationship with Sanjay. Police said the accused had previously warned Sanjay to end the affair. Meera, a childhood friend of Sanjay, had recently started living with him, which increased tensions.
During interrogation, the accused confessed that repeated domestic disputes over Meera and Sanjay’s relationship led to their plan to attack Sanjay. Sanjay’s wife had left him along with their children some time ago. The investigation is ongoing.
