A 21-year-old school teacher named Karuna was stabbed to death by Surendar Singh in Delhi’s Sant Nagar Burari region at 9am on Tuesday, the police said.
After being stabbed over 22 times in the face and torso by Singh, the teacher at Novel Reaches School was declared dead on arrival at the Sushruta Trauma Centre.
Following the attack, the 34-year-old accused was thrashed by the locals before being arrested.
The CCTV camera captured the gruesome and frenzied attack. Viewer discretion is advised.
Karuna’s family members protested outside Sushruta Trauma Centre near Delhi Civil Lines. Her family members have blocked the traffic on the road outside the trauma centre.
Madhur Verma, deputy commissioner of police, North Delhi, said that Singh stabbed Karuna as revenge as she was in love with someone else.
Singh had been stalking Karuna for over a year, prompting her family to lodge a complaint against him 4-5 months ago, according to DCP. However, their families had reached a compromise, he said.
In the footage of the stabbing, Singh is seen scaring away a passer-by who tried to stop him. Another man who identified himself as Manish Kumar, caught hold of Singh and took her to the hospital.
The people were passing by, they were coming and going, watching from above, CCTV cameras were also active, there is also a pan shop nearby, but no one was taking any action. When I saw it, I ran there and caught the man and tried to call 100 twice but the police did not come. Then I tried to call an ambulance, but they did not come. So I stopped an auto rickshaw and took the girl to the hospital.Manish Kumar, eyewitness
A man who claimed to have tried to stop Singh from stabbing the woman, said that Singh started dancing after he was done.
I tried stopping people, but nobody was willing to help. After stabbing the girl he started dancing near her body.Eyewitness
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