New Delhi, August 22 (TNA) A 31-year-old software engineer, Vinay Gupta, was allegedly beaten to death by members of his wife’s family following a domestic dispute at his home in Delhi’s Nihal Vihar area, police said.
According to police, the argument began on Friday morning, after which Gupta’s wife called her family members, who reached the house and allegedly assaulted him severely. Gupta sustained serious injuries and later died.
The deceased lived in Laxmi Park and had been married for about three to four years. He is survived by twin children-a boy and a girl. Reports said Gupta worked in the IT sector and was employed with a Noida-based company, with his annual package estimated at around Rs 60 lakh.
Police have registered a murder case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and detained four people for questioning, while investigating the exact sequence of events and the role of each accused person. The incident has shocked the local area, as what began as a family dispute reportedly ended in a fatal assault inside the couple’s residence.