Man held for killing lover in Delhi

NEW DELHI - Delhi Police Saturday claimed to have solved the gruesome murder of a 19-year-old girl on New Year’s Eve with the arrest of her lover, who was married to her friend.

After his arrest, Mohsin, a resident of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, told the police that the deceased Khushboo, who was his wife’s friend, had begun blackmailing him about revealing their affair, said a senior police officer.

On Dec 31, Mohsin went to the girl’s house in east Delhi’s Madhu Vihar area where he slit her throat with a knife. When she struggled he severed her head from the body. He cleaned himself, changed into a fresh set of clothes, picked up one of her phones and a gold chain and fled to his native town, the officer added.

The police have recovered the weapon, his blood stained clothes, the burnt mobiles and the gold chain.