NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old man allegedly murdered his tenant in northwest Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh area on Tuesday evening, suspecting an illicit relationship between the victim and his wife, police said.The accused, identified as Virender, a resident of Indira Colony, later walked into the police station in blood stained clothes and confessed to the crime, leading to his immediate arrest.According to police, the incident came to light around 4.20pm when Virender approached personnel at Shalimar Bagh police station and informed them that he had killed his tenant, Kanhaiya (29), inside his jhuggi. A police team accompanied the accused to the location in Indira Colony, where he pointed out the scene of the crime.Upon entering the jhuggi, police found Kanhaiya lying on a bed with his throat slit and multiple stab injuries. The alleged murder weapon was recovered from the spot, and the accused was still wearing blood-stained clothes at the time.“During preliminary inquiry, the police team found that Virender had been suspecting that Kanhaiya, who lived as a tenant in his jhuggi, was involved in an illicit relationship with his wife. The suspicion is believed to have led to the fatal attack,” a senior police officer said. Investigators also examined CCTV footage from the area, which confirmed the presence of the accused at the scene around the time of the incident. A crime team, along with forensic science laboratory (FSL) experts and an executive magistrate, inspected the scene and collected evidence. All legal procedures were carried out, and the body was later shifted for postmortem examination.Police have registered a case under section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and further investigation is underway to establish the sequence of events leading up to the murder.