Spurned lover stabs 24-year-old woman repeatedly in Chirag Dilli

New Delhi: A 24-year-old married woman was stabbed multiple times by her spurned lover at her residence in the capital's Chirag Dilli area on Friday morning. According to the police, the woman, identified as Pinkey was in an extramarital relationship with the accused Sunny. Pinkey moved into a rented house in Chirag Dilli with her husband and a son recently. On Friday, Sunny visited the victim's residence when she was alone. It is believed that Pinkey and Sunny got into a heated argument over their relationship which irked Sunny.

Pinkey allegedly told Sunny that she would not carry on with their relationship. Enraged, Sunny stabbed her multiple times. The police was immediately informed about the incident at around 9.50 am on Friday. After Sunny stabbed Pinkey he also tried to commit suicide and injured himself with the same knife during the incident. Both Pinkey and Sunny were rushed to the AIIMS. While Pinkey succumbed to her injuries, the accused is presently being treated at the hospital.

"When the police reached the spot, they found the woman lying in the pool of blood and had multiple stab wounds. The accused also had injury marks on his neck, As per preliminary investigation it comes out that alleged was having a relationship with the girl and on her refusal for further relation took this step," said Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South).

The knife, which was used to stab the victim, was recovered from the spot, police said, adding that further investigation was on. Police is waiting for him to be fit for a statement so that the exact sequence of events becomes clear. Pinky's body is sent for the post mortem. A case under section 302 of IPC ( murder) has been registered at Malviya Nagar police station.