Police have arrested his wife and her gym trainer for planning the attack. A man was stabbed several times inside his home in Vasundhara, near Delhi, on the morning of October 26.
When the badly hurt Shashank began crying for help, the attacker ran away. He survived. Police have arrested the trainer, Pratap Singh, and Priya Sharma. The knife used in the attack has been recovered.
The attack took place at the Jagriti Resident Welfare Association Society in Vasundhara Sector-1, which falls under the Indirapuram police station. They said Pratap and Priya met while out for a run on the morning of 25 October and discussed killing Shashank.
Pratap Singh entered the house and stabbed Shashank several times, according to police. Police arrived after being told of the incident and took the victim to Yashoda Medicity Hospital. It was Priya’s second marriage, according to information from police. Police said Pratap told them during questioning that the two planned to marry. The husband had found out about the relationship and was planning to move to a different location after Diwali, according to police. The two then made a plan to kill him, police said.
Shashank is originally from the Purani Pasarat area of Jhansi. He married Priya about four years ago. Both worked as senior accountants in Delhi, and the family lived in Vasundhara Sector-1.
