Girl stabbed to death in South Delhi, accused arrested

A girl was stabbed to death at Bhogal area in south Delhi on Friday evening.

Preeti Mathur, 21, was stabbed six times in the middle of a crowded market in Bhogal area of Jungpura by a man identified as Mohammad Munsair.

The accused was caught by the passerby and thrashed. He was later handed over to the police.

The local residents claimed that the accused even tried to stab people when they attempted to stop him.

According to a report, the incident happened around 7.30 pm when the accused met the woman near Bhogal bus stand.

Following a heated argument, Mohammad stabbed the woman multiple times, a senior police officer said.

As the accused was trying to escape, people caught and thrashed him.

I hit him with a plastic stick but he kept stabbing the woman. Finally, when I tried to remove him with my hands he attacked me also, but by the time he had stabbed the woman on her neck and she had collapsed on ground, said Mr Lal, an eyewitness to the incident.

Arvind, a salesman said he saw a girl who ran for her life and rushed towards a shop, but before she could climb up the stairs of the shop, the man caught her and stabbed her several times.

She kept begging for help and expecting locals to save her, but the man was so brutal during the attack that no one dared to come forward, said Mr Arvind.

Chinmoy Biswal, DCP (south-east), said that the accused and the woman used to live in the same locality in Sarai Kale Khan area and knew each other well. But their friendship came to an end following a rift.

Comments also came from the victim's brother.

Preeti’s brother told that Munasir used to live near their house but once when he misbehaved with his sister, following which he was asked by the landlord to vacate the house.

After that, the accused had shifted to a new house in the same locality.

Both the victim and the accused were admitted to the AIIMS where the former succumbed to her injuries during treatment, the officer added.

The accused has been arrested under section 302 of the Indian Penal code (IPC) and was produced before a court for judicial custody.

According to the victim's family, the girl was pursuing BA first year from correspondence. And her elder brother is an autorickshaw driver and other three brothers work as labours.

I want him to be hanged for killing my sister, said said the brother.

The accused Munasir, an unemployed man who had earlier worked at Safdarjung Hospital as a sweeper on contract.