A grab from the CCTV footage of the incident that took place on Friday
A 28-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Karol Bagh in Central Delhi area on Friday for resisting a robbery attempt, the police said today.
According to the police, the woman victim has been identified as Simran, an executive working in an MNC in Noida. She had got married two years back.
The woman's husband has told the police that last evening, around 6.15 pm, Simran boarded a metro from Noida to visit her aunt's place. Simran's cousin had given birth to a baby and he had told her aunt about her coming to give a surprise.
She got down from the metro at around 7:30 pm, and a teenager started following Simran to her aunt's place, the police said. When the woman was near the house, the accused tried to snatch her purse and stabbed her once in the arm when she resisted. She shouted for help but the man stabbed her in the chest, killing Simran at the spot, the police said.
A CCTV installed in the street shows a scooter first coming into the frame and then taking a U-turn, and then Simran passing and a suspect following her. The actual stalking took place out of the camera's frame but people running to save her after she is stabbed is recorded in the CCTV.
The police have launched a manhunt to nab the accused.
However, no breakthrough has been achieved in the case. "It is an unfortunate incident. We have registered a case and taken up investigation. We are sure of working out the case soon," said Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi.