21-year-old woman stabbed to death by stalker on Delhi road

The heinous crime was caught on a CCTV camera.

In a shocking incident, a 21-year-old school teacher died after she was stabbed 22 times by a stalker in north Delhi’s Burari area on Tuesday morning.

The heinous crime was caught on a CCTV camera as news channels showed disturbing footage of a man repeatedly stabbing the woman. The recording shows the school teacher, identified as Karuna, walking on a busy road as the assailant, Surender Singh, accosts her from behind.

“The woman was stabbed publicly in Burari area at 9 am by the accused, named Surender Singh, 34, who was known to her. No one came to her rescue,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Madhur Verma told reporters.

“He was later chased by the public and beaten up and handed over to police,” the officer added.

The officer said, “The assailant had been troubling the woman since a year or so. The family had lodged a complaint four-five months back and both the families had reached a compromise.”

The victim was declared brought dead at a trauma centre in ISBT, police said. According to the police, the assailant owns a shop and his divorce case was going on.

“The man was harassing my sister for a long time. He stays in Rohini. We had registered a complaint after which he had calmed down until now,” ANI quoted victim’s brother as saying.

This crime took place just days after a 32-year-old married woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her lover on Sunday, who then committed suicide in southwest Delhi’s Inderpuri area.