Shahabad Murder: The Delhi Police has got a two-day remand of accused Sahil, accused in the murder of a teenager in the Shahabad area. This comes as the murder of a 16-year-old girl shook the country. She was allegedly stabbed over 20 times and bludgeoned to death by a youth in a busy bylane as passersby looked on in northwest Delhi's Shahbad Dairy area - an incident that has drawn massive outrage as the video of the horrific killing appeared online. The accused, 20-year-old Sahil, was arrested from Aterna village in Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The victim, Sakshi, received 34 injuries on her body and her skull was ruptured, Delhi Police said, adding the final autopsy report is awaited.
The two were in a "relationship" but had a quarrel on Saturday. The victim had gone shopping on Sunday evening for the birthday party of her friend's child when she was accosted by Sahil in the densely populated neighbourhood, they said.
A nearly 90-second video of the incident that was shared online showed the accused pinning the victim to a wall with one hand and stabbing her repeatedly. He did not stop even when the girl slumped to the ground, jabbing the knife into her over 20 times, kicking her and then slamming a cement slab on her repeatedly. In a shocking display of public apathy, people can be seen passing by, with some bystanders staring in alarm, but not doing anything to stop the brutal attack. The accused was seen walking away from the victim in a casual manner, only to turn back and again hit her with the slab before leaving the site.
"I have never seen such a frightening case. What was the fault of the 16-year-old girl that she was brutally killed on the road? Several people saw this but did not pay heed. No one is afraid of the police and the law in Delhi," Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders attacked Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, saying it was his responsibility to maintain law and order in the city, while the Delhi BJP claimed it was a case of "love jihad" and slammed the AAP for "trying to portray" it as an "ordinary" murder and a law and order issue.