Woman carrying baby stabbed to death

A 25-year-old woman was stabbed to death by a chain snatcher she had fought back in north-west Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar on Saturday night. CCTV footage of the incident, widely shared on social media on Sunday, showed the attacker first lunging at the chain of the woman, Simran Kaur, returning home from a local market with her mother and twoyear-old daughter. The footage showed Simran fighting back her attacker who, before fleeing with his accomplice, stabbed Simran multiple times. According to police, the incident took place between 9pm and 9.15pm when Simran — who lives with her husband in Patiala and was visiting her parents — was returning from a local flea market. Witnesses said when Simran and her mother Mamta entered lane number seven from Rajan Babu Road to reach their home, the snatcher approached them from behind.

FARIDKOT: A day after Delhi Police arrested two alleged contract killers, Faridkot Modern Jail police on Sunday recovered a mobile phone from inmate and murder accused Prince Kumar Kotkapura town, who allegedly hired them to assassinate human rights activist Sushil Pandit. On Saturday, Delhi Police claimed to have averted an assassination plot on Pandit with the arrest of two alleged contract killers — Sukhvinder Singh, 25, and Lakhan, 21, of Kotkapura — along with four pistols. Pandit is a prominent activist advocating the rights of Kashmiri Pandits. Faridkot jail superintendent Lalit Kumar Kohli said after the arrest of two persons, Prince’s name came forward.