A dispute over money with his former colleague and an alleged extramarital affair with his wife led to a 22-year-old restaurant employee’s murder in Delhi, police said on Friday.

Sachin Kumar, who worked as a waiter at a popular eatery in Connaught Place, was stabbed to death by Hashib Khan after he forced his wife to call him home, they said.

Khan, 31, who ran a T-shirt manufacturing unit in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar, and his wife Shabina Begum have been arrested.

Kumar went missing last Sunday from Connaught Place after which the police registered a kidnapping case on the complaint of his family members, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Devesh Kumar Mahla.

His call details revealed his last location in Sangam Vihar, after which they zeroed in on Hashib Khan, who had earlier worked with Sachin and lives in the area.

Further probe also revealed that Sachin had taken Rs 2 lakh from Hashib. The cops then questioned the couple and found Sachin was in an alleged extramarital affair with Shabina Begum, according to police sources.

When Hashib came to know about this, he forced his wife to call Sachin to his home and stabbed him to death, they said. The body was later dumped in Dasna area, said police.

India has vehemently denied allegations of orchestrating assassinations in Pakistan, denouncing them as “baseless and malicious propaganda against India.” This stance follows accusations suggesting the involvement of the Indian government, particularly through the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), in approximately 20 killings in Pakistan since 2020. As reported by the UK newspaper, referencing sources from Indian and Pakistani intelligence agencies, these purported actions were purportedly part of an escalated strategy to combat terrorism beyond India’s borders.

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