New Delhi: A woman was stabbed to death in southwest Delhi’s Najafgarh following an attack on her and her husband, allegedly linked to an earlier altercation involving her son, said police, adding that a man identified as Satish Lamba has been arrested.
On Oct 15, around 11.15 pm, Lamba was standing with his friends at a chowk when a group of men arrived on motorcycles and allegedly began abusing him, according to police. A PCR call was received by Najafgarh police station around 11.45 pm regarding a knife attack near the Old Roshanpura area. Subsequently, Lamba was arrested on Oct 16 in connection with the attack on Kamal and Seema.
The confrontation escalated into a scuffle, during which Dhruv allegedly stabbed Lamba in the left thigh, police said. She was employed at a private school, said police. The men were identified as Dhruv Rishi, Afjal and Dev Bakshi. During the incident, Kamal Rishi and his wife Seema Rishi sustained knife injuries, following which Seema succumbed to her injuries two days later. Based on Lamba’s statement, police registered a case against Rishi’s son, Dhruv, and his associates in connection with the initial altercation.