22-year-old pregnant woman stabbed in central Delhi, husband kills stalker

A 22-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly stabbed multiple times in front of her two children by a former partner in central Delhi’s Nabi Karim over her reconciliation with her husband. The suspect, 34, was killed after the husband stabbed him in retaliation, while the husband, 23, also suffered stab wounds and is in a serious condition, police said Sunday.

The victim, who was 26 weeks pregnant, and her unborn child died in the attack, while the husband undergoing treatment at a government hospital. The incident took place on Saturday night when the victim, a resident of Bagichi Pratap Nagar, north Delhi, was going to see her mother, who lives in Nabi Karim, with her husband and two daughters, aged 2 and 4.

Describing the murder as a “crime of passion”, police said, the suspect was angry that the victim had returned to her husband. They had been in a live-in relationship for eight months and she had recently left him because he had allegedly hit her two children.