Jaipur: Man stabs wife to death, surrenders to police

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A woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband in the Shyam Nagar area in Jaipur on Saturday, police said, reported the PTI.

Kajal Sarkar (35), originally from West Bengal, stabbed his 32-year-old wife Preeti after an argument. He then surrendered to the police, they said.

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The police said Kajal Sarkar reached the police station and informed the duty officer that he had murdered his wife. He was immediately detained by the cops and a police team was immediately rushed to the spot.

The team of police officials after reaching the crime scene recovered Preeti's body and shifted it to a hospital, as per the PTI.

The primary police investigations revealed that the couple had been quarrelling over some issue during the past three days which turned violent on the day of the murder of the woman, the police said.

In the matter, the police have arrested the accused and was further being interrogated for the crime, they added.

Laila Khan murder case: Step-father convicted for murder of actress, five others

The sessions court in Mumbai on Thursday reportedly convicted Parvez Tak for the 2011 murder of his step-daughter and actor Laila Khan, her mother and Laila Khan's four siblings, reported the PTI.

Parvez Tak was found guilty of murder and destruction of evidence among other offences under the Indian Penal Code in the Laila Khan murder case, as per the PTI.

The sessions court will hear arguments on the quantum of sentence on May 14.

Parvez Tak was the third husband of Selina, Laila's mother.

The actor, her mother and her four siblings were killed at their bungalow at Igatpuri in Nashik district of Maharashtra in February 2011.

The prosecution's case was that Parvez Tak first killed Selina after an argument over her properties, and then killed Laila Khan and her four siblings.

The killings came to light a few months later when Parvez Tak was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police.

The decomposed bodies of the victims were recovered from the bungalow later.

The prosecution examined 40 witnesses against Parvez Tak, according to the PTI.

(with PTI inputs)