NEW DELHI: Outraged with his female colleague being friendly with another co-worker, a 26-year-old man stabbed her with a pair of scissors in the neck, killing her on the spot. The accused, Chand Alam, a resident of Okhla Phase-I, has been arrested.
The deceased, Jharna (37), worked at a factory in Pul Prahladpur in southeast Delhi. The incident took place on Saturday. Police found the woman’s body on Sunday morning and call detail records showed she was with a friend, Alam, the night before. Subsequently, Alam was arrested from Indira Kalyan Vihar in Okhla.
During interrogation, the accused told police that he started working in an export company at Pul Prahladpur in 2015 where he came in contact with Jharna. They became friends and started spending time with each other. He also allegedly used to give her Rs 6,000 every month, police said.
In February, Alam came to know that Jharna was also friends with another person, Suraj. They fought over this and he stopped giving her money. But as he was upset, he made a plan to kill her.
On Saturday, Alam met her at Badarpur bus stop and took her to an abandoned quarter near the railway tracks in Tehkhand, Okhla. An argument ensued and he took out a pair of scissors from Jharna’s bag and stabbed her in the neck. He covered her body with a plastic bag and smashed her mobile phone. He disposed of the scissors and bloodstained clothes in a drain. Police have recovered the clothes and the victim’s mobile phone.
The woman was married and had two children. Alam is also married. A chargesheet would soon be filed against the accused, police said.