Two women in the Ambedkar Basti area of Delhi's RK Puram were killed on Sunday by a group of assailants. The deceased have been identified as Pinky (30 years old) and Jyoti (29 years old). The assailants shot them following which they were taken to a hospital where they succumbed to their injuries. According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police South West Delhi, Manoj C, police got a call at 4:40 am in RK Puram police station that some people had shot the caller's sisters at Ambedkar Basti. Police reached the spot only to find the victims were shifted to SJ Hospital where they died, reported news agency ANI.
Three people identified as Arjun, Michael, and Dev have been arrested in this matter, said Manoj C, DCP South West, Delhi as reported by ANI. The main accused is among the three that have been arrested.
A video of the incident also surfaced.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that his prayers are with the families of both women. He hit out at the Centre which handles law and order in the national capital and said that Delhi would have been safest if the AAP government would be handling the law and order instead of Lieutenant Governor.
"The people of Delhi have started feeling very insecure. The people who have to handle the law and order of Delhi, instead of fixing the law and order, they are conspiring to capture the entire Delhi government. Today, if Delhi's law and order was under AAP government instead of LG, then Delhi would have been safest," the CM tweeted.
Police officials said that the assailants came for the victim's brother and prima facie it seems that the reason behind the shooting might have been related to the money settlement issue.
"The prime accused and his associate were arrested in connection with the incident," the Deputy Commissioner of Police said, as per PTI. A case has been registered and further investigation is underway, the police official added.
ALSO READ | 'Kejriwal Trying To Settle Political Score': BJP Hits Back After CM's Remarks On Delhi Double Murder