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Gurugram Man Arrested After Father Killed Trying to Stop Assault on Daughter-in-Law

Police say the violence followed a dispute over drinking during Navratri.

Overview

  • Neeraj Singh, 42, was arrested Wednesday after his father, Gulab Singh, 75, died during a domestic assault at the family’s Bhimgarh Kheri home.
  • Police say he struck his father and wife with a wooden cricket bat, with one account also mentioning a steel water container.
  • Preeti Singh, 37, remains under treatment at Aryan Hospital and later gave a statement alleging threats to kill her.
  • Based on her complaint, police registered an FIR and formally arrested Neeraj, though reports differ on whether Sector 5 or Sector 10 police recorded the case.
  • Neighbours kept the suspect from fleeing, officers apprehended him at the house, and an autopsy was completed before the body was handed to relatives.