A 32-year-old man allegedly stabbed his estranged wife and then jumped to his death from her home in Rohini, northwest Delhi, on Sunday, after an argument sparked by the woman not keeping a fast on Karva Chauth.
The violence unfolded in the presence of the couple's four-year-old daughter.
The woman is being treated in hospital, while doctors declared the man, identified as Jaswinder Singh, 'brought dead'.
The couple had recently separated and filed for divorce.
Police said Singh had been living away from his wife and daughter for the past month or so. He had gone to the woman's house to meet his daughter, which the court had allowed on weekends.
Police said since two of his wife's siblings were also in the house, Singh had asked his wife to accompany him to the terrace as he wanted to "discuss something". The daughter followed them to the terrace. The discussion, however, turned ugly as the woman started crying out for help and ran downstairs with stab wounds.
As the neighbours rushed to help her, Singh jumped off the fourth floor, his head smashing against the ground. Seeing this, the woman rushed down and collapsed beside his body, police said.
A neighbour called the police at 12.30am after he saw Singh fall on a car and then onto the road in F block of Rohini's sector 16. A police team found him lying in a pool of blood and his estranged wife, unconscious with stab wounds, next to him. A case was registered at the K N Katju police station, said Rishi Pal, DCP (Rohini).
After regaining her senses, she told the cops that she had married Singh five years ago. However, the marriage had run into turbulence of late which prompted the couple to part ways. She said that this was the first time since her wedding that she had not fasted on Karva Chauth and Singh was upset very upset about it.
However, police said that they were verifying her claims and are trying to ascertain the sequence of events.
Singh worked as a private sale-purchase agent and had been living with his parents for the last one month. His parents told the cops that Singh missed his daughter very much.
They were yet to come to terms with the tragedy and felt Singh could not have taken such a drastic step.
The violence unfolded in the presence of the couple's four-year-old daughter.
The woman is being treated in hospital, while doctors declared the man, identified as Jaswinder Singh, 'brought dead'.
The couple had recently separated and filed for divorce.
Police said Singh had been living away from his wife and daughter for the past month or so. He had gone to the woman's house to meet his daughter, which the court had allowed on weekends.
Police said since two of his wife's siblings were also in the house, Singh had asked his wife to accompany him to the terrace as he wanted to "discuss something". The daughter followed them to the terrace. The discussion, however, turned ugly as the woman started crying out for help and ran downstairs with stab wounds.
As the neighbours rushed to help her, Singh jumped off the fourth floor, his head smashing against the ground. Seeing this, the woman rushed down and collapsed beside his body, police said.
A neighbour called the police at 12.30am after he saw Singh fall on a car and then onto the road in F block of Rohini's sector 16. A police team found him lying in a pool of blood and his estranged wife, unconscious with stab wounds, next to him. A case was registered at the K N Katju police station, said Rishi Pal, DCP (Rohini).
After regaining her senses, she told the cops that she had married Singh five years ago. However, the marriage had run into turbulence of late which prompted the couple to part ways. She said that this was the first time since her wedding that she had not fasted on Karva Chauth and Singh was upset very upset about it.
However, police said that they were verifying her claims and are trying to ascertain the sequence of events.
Singh worked as a private sale-purchase agent and had been living with his parents for the last one month. His parents told the cops that Singh missed his daughter very much.
They were yet to come to terms with the tragedy and felt Singh could not have taken such a drastic step.