New Delhi: The post-mortem report on a government official and his wife found killed in their home revealed she killed him before committing suicide, said sources.
The bodies of K Vijay Kumar, 57, and his wife Sita, 51, were found in two different rooms of their Kaka Nagar house on Friday evening.
“The report suggested Sita first slit the throat of Kumar with a knife when he was sleeping and later hanged herself around 4am on Friday,” said sources.
Police said they have recovered the knife.
The sources added that Sita was under treatment for a mental health problem at a private hospital. “The couple’s relationship was strained for a while,” said the officer. Kumar was working as advisor (cost) in the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies, while Sita was a senior bank official.
The incident came to light when their 19-year-old daughter Waranya arrived at the two-bedroom house around 4.30pm and called police when she got no reply after repeated knocks on the door.
The door was forced open, and Kumar’s bloodied corpse was found in the living room with deep wounds on his neck, while his wife was found hanging in a bedroom.
Joint Commissioner of Police, Vivek Gogia, had on Friday said a case of murder had been registered because no suicide note was found and there was no sign of forced entry into the house with the door bolted from inside.
“Neighbours said the family usually kept to themselves. The duo did not answer the door on Friday morning when a vegetable vendor knocked several times. ”
Waranya told police she had gone on a two-day trip to Rajasthan with her friends. On Friday morning, she called her parents repeatedly but got no response. IANS
