Kolkata couple held for DU professor’s murder in Delhi, property row motive: Police
A Kolkata couple has been arrested for the murder of a Delhi University professor in a property dispute. The suspects were tenants in the victim's ancestral home and allegedly killed her to remove an obstacle to their purchase of the property.
Why it matters
This case underscores the prevalence of violent crime stemming from long-standing property and family disputes in urban India.
A couple from Kolkata in West Bengal was arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of a 45-year-old assistant professor of a Delhi University college , whose body was found at a high-rise society in east Delhi’s Vasundhara Enclave on Thursday.
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