Woman stabbed to death for resisting snatching bid
2 people held in connection with the case, says police
In a tragic incident, a 25year-old woman was stabbed to death by a snatcher while she was resisting a robbery bid. The incident took place on Saturday in Northwest Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar area. The police said that it has arrested the accused involved in the incident.
A CCTV footage of the incident went viral on social media. In the video, two women can be seen walking when a man chases them and tries to snatch the victim’s chain from behind. The woman chases him, following which he falls on the road. Thereafter, he stands up and stabs the woman.
The deceased has been identified as Simran Kaur. The incident took place hardly 20 metres from the victim’s house. There is a police post around 100 metres from the spot.
Police teams have arrested two accused persons
identified as Fardeen (19) and Aqibul (22), both residents of Jahangirpuri. The weapon of offence and the two-wheeler used in the commission of the crime were recovered on their instance.
The accused stabbed the victim and fled, the police said, adding that she was taken to a hospital where she was declared brought dead.
According to a senior police official, she was returning home from the market along with her
two-year-old daughter and mother when the incident took place at around 9.30 pm on Saturday.
“A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at the Adarsh Nagar police station,” said the senior police official.
“The police is patrolling the area and pickets have been placed to stop these kinds of incidents,” said DCP (Northwest district) Usha Rangnani.
Simran’s aunt said that the former had gone to the market to buy medicines for her daughter.
“She was wearing a chain and holding her daughter in her arms. The accused was chasing them and tried to snatch the chain but Simran caught hold of it and did not lose her grip. When she resisted, the accused fell on the road. When she turned towards him, the accused stabbed her twice and left the spot. We got to know that the accused was with his accomplice, who picked him up on a scooter and fled from the spot,” her aunt said.
Amit Mehra, Simran’s neighbour, said he took her to the hospital in his car.
“When the incident took place, the guard followed the accused, but he escaped along with his accomplice who was waiting for him on a scooter. I took her to MD City Hospital at Model Town in my car. They referred her to Fortis hospital where she was declared brought dead,” Mr Mehra said.