New Delhi: A cab driver was murdered allegedly by his friend after he objected to the latter`s illicit relationship with his wife, police said on Monday.
Lekh Ram, 28, was arrested with two others for killing his friend Vishnu Dutt, they said.
Ram and Dutt had good relations and both used to drink together at the latter`s house. During this time, Ram developed an illicit relation with Dutt`s wife, they said. "The deceased had also suspicion of the same and warned Lekh Ram to mend his ways. On the other hand, Lekhram had suspicion that Vishnu Dutt administered him impotency drug in liquor. It also transpired that Lekh Ram wanted to avenge Vishnu," a senior police official said.
On December 23, Ram, his two associates and the victim had liquor together and went to Uttam Nagar. "The trio confessed their crime and disclosed that they had liquor together on that night and thereafter killed him with knives. They slit the victim`s neck and dumped the body and his car at two different places," the official said. PTI