new delhi upset after his sister married a man convicted of murder 18yearold mohammad akram hatched a plan to eliminate his brotherinlaw atif to undo the dishonour brought on his family ironically it was from the victims brother that akram procured a pistol though his sister rakhiya was estranged from the family he kept in touch with her even meeting atif at parties in search of an opportune moment to strikeakram chose april 8 to carry out his intent the date being significant as the day last year when his sister left home to go and live with atif the youngster called atif to his tuition centre in jyoti nagar in northeast delhi and shot him on his head after offering him a cold drinkmy parents considered me dead after i went with atif said rakhiya on wednesday however my brother kept in touch with us and even visited us i now realise he was doing this to plan the murderdelhi police arrested akram from his house in ghaziabad on monday the teenager told the cops during interrogation that he had informed his parents about his proposition and had got the goahead from them on this basis police have detained the father mohammad rahisuddin for questioning though he has denied prior knowledge of the murder plan according to akram the affair between rakhiya and atif began about six years ago when his parents sheltered atif and his brother shaqib who had been accused of murder atif was later convicted by a lower court in up but was granted bail on approaching a higher courtwhen rakhiya fell in love with atif the family registered a case of rape against the youth and he was jailed in ghaziabad the girls family was opposed to the relationship because of atifs criminal record he was released after rakhiya who had turned 18 by the time testified in court that she was married to himout of jail atif took up a job at an advertising company in okhla my husband had to bear extra expenses to pay the lawyers appearing for him in the murder case and all this while my family kept threatening us so he had to take measures for our protection too said rakhiya who is now staying with her brotherinlaw in ghaziabad