A couple from Kolkata in West Bengal was arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of a 45-year-old assistant professor of a Delhi University college, whose body was found at a high-rise society in east Delhi’s Vasundhara Enclave on Thursday.
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Joint commissioner of police (eastern range) Ajit Kumar Singla said that the motive behind the murder was a property dispute.
The woman, who was appointed a permanent assistant professor at her current college in Raja Garden in 2023, had a severe head injury, both her wrists were slit, and she had bruises on her face and body, suggesting that a scuffle had taken place, according to investigators familiar with the probe details.
The arrested couple are distant relatives of the deceased professor and were living as tenants in one of her ancestral properties in Kolkata, deputy commissioner of police (east) Rajiv Kumar said.
“The couple wanted to buy the house they had been living in for many years. The professor’s parents and two siblings were reportedly ready to sell it, as all the family members were settled in Delhi and had no plans of going back to Kolkata. However, the professor was against the family’s decision to sell the ancestral property,” Kumar said.
“The couple saw her as the main hurdle. Enraged because the professor was not giving her consent despite their repeated requests, they travelled to Delhi, killed her on Wednesday, and returned to Kolkata,” Kumar added.
Police said that the couple was arrested in Kolkata and is being brought to Delhi for further interrogation and investigation.
