Delhi Woman 'Stabbed' To Death By Neighbours In Shahdara, Suspects Claim Self-Inflicted Injuries: Police

On Friday night, there was a phone call to police reporting a woman's death. When a police team got to Soni's house in Bhikam Singh Colony in Farsh Bazar, they found her lying in a pool of blood.

In a shocking incident, a 34-year-old lady was allegedly murdered by her neighbors in Shahdara district of Delhi, although the suspects claimed that the injuries might have been self-inflicted, according to police on Saturday. As per news agency PTI, police received a distress call on Friday night regarding a woman being stabbed. Upon arrival at her residence in Bhikam Singh Colony in Farsh Bazar, a police team found Soni lying in a pool of blood.

An official said the initial investigation revealed that Soni and her husband Satbir had a dispute with their neighbor and his family over some matters. "Soni had two or three cut marks on her left hand and a small wound on her stomach," a police officer informed, PTI quoted saying.

"She was rushed to the Dr Hedgewar Hospital where the doctors declared her dead on arrival," he added.

Shahdara Woman Death: Suspects Claim Self-Inflicted Injuries

"The suspects claim she inflicted the injuries herself. But we are verifying the claims and corroborating the sequence of the incident," Deputy Commissioner of Police Surendra Chaudhry (Shahdara) said.

Satbir's statements were noted, and a case was filed under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with murder, the DCP also said. Further investigation is underway, he added.

Similarly, in another tragic incident on April 5, a 26-year-old woman was found stuffed inside an almirah at a house in southwest Delhi's Dwaraka region, the police said, news agency PTI reported. The victim's father alleged the involvement of the "live-in partner" behind the murder of his daughter. 

The victim's father tried to contact police on Wednesday after losing contact with her daughter for a few days. The police sent a team from the Dabri police station to the specified location in Dwaraka in response to the father's call claiming that his daughter might be murdered.

"Upon entering the flat, the body of the woman was found in the almirah of a room. The crime scene was inspected by the crime team and FSL," said a senior police officer was quoted as saying by PTI in its report. 

According to the police, the father of the deceased, who was at the spot where the police arrived, stated that his daughter was killed by her live-in partner, Vipal Tailor. The victim's body has been moved to the mortuary at DDU Hospital so that a post-mortem can be performed.