Gurugram: Servant kills employer after brawl; slits throat with knife

Gurugram: A man has been arrested for allegedly slitting the throat and killing his employer after an argument. The accused has revealed during the interrogation that he was provoked by the victim who abused him while he was in a drunken state, as reported by news agency PTI.

The deceased has been identified as Satish Yadav (42), a farmer residing in ward 10, Sohna while the accused has been identified as Pawan alias Chotu (22), a native of Kanpur.

The accused had been hired by the victim at his farm near village Jakhopur. The incident took place on Saturday night when Yadav had been drinking alcohol at his farm and Pawan was serving him. Sometime after midnight, a brawl broke out between them when Pawan allegedly in a fit of rage took a knife and killed Yadav by slitting his throat and fled from the spot, reported PTI.

Police sources said that the body of the victim was found lying in a pool of blood by his family members on Sunday morning. They called the police who then took the body into custody and handed it over to kin after the postmortem was conducted.

Based on a complaint by Sandeep Yadav, brother of the deceased, an FIR has been registered against the servant under section 302 (murder) of IPC at Sohna Sadar police station. “The accused has been arrested who revealed that he killed Yadav as he had abused him. We are questioning him and will produce him in a city court soon,” said inspector Jai Singh, SHO of Sohna Sadar police station, reported PTI.