India, June 7 -- When the mysterious case of a Delhi University assistant professor's murder at her home in East Delhi was finally solved, the details shared by investigators were truly shocking. It was a dispute over the sale of the professor's ancestral house that turned ugly and ultimately led to her murder by her two distant relatives on June 4, police have said.

The 45-year-old professor was found dead at her home in Delhi's Vasundhara Enclave with wrists slit and serious head and face injuries.

Police said that the two accused, who have been arrested, lived as tenants at the deceased professor's ancestral property in Burdwan, West Bengal since 2023, according to news agency PTI.

The house had been allotted to the deceased profess...