Police have named a stabbing victim who was pronounced dead at a

property

where a woman was arrested.

Leicestershire Police were called at 8.52pm last Thursday to an address in Kingston Avenue, Wigston, following a report that a man had been injured.

A police statement naming the victim as Dharmendra Unadkat said the 35-year-old died as a result of a stab wound.

The statement added: “A woman in her 40s who was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder has been released on bail pending further inquiries.

“Inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the death are continuing and officers have been in the area of the incident carrying out house-to-house inquiries and collecting CCTV as they piece together the moments leading up to Dharmendra’s death.”

Detective Inspector Jenni Heggs, from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, said: “Dharmendra’s family are understandably devastated by his death and we are determined to find out exactly what happened.

“His family have asked to be left alone at this difficult time.”