India, April 25 -- A 42-year-old man, out on bail for allegedly sexually assaulting his four-year-old stepdaughter, stabbed his former wife and set her on fire in east Delhi's Patparganj on Wednesday, in what police believe was a brutal act of revenge. Less than 24 hours later, he died by suicide, jumping off the 23rd floor of an under-construction building in Noida, police said.

The body of the 27-year-old woman was found with burn and stab injuries at her house in Patparganj village on Wednesday evening, HT had reported. Less than 24 hours later, the body of her former husband, an engineer and an MBA graduate, was found in Noida Sector 90. Police said he allegedly jumped off the 23rd floor of an under-construction building.

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