New Delhi: A woman was stabbed to death in southwest Delhi’s Najafgarh following an attack on her and her husband, allegedly linked to an earlier altercation involving her son, said police, adding that a man identified as Satish Lamba has been arrested.According to police, on Oct 15, around 11.15 pm, Lamba was standing with his friends at a chowk when a group of men arrived on motorcycles and allegedly began abusing him. The men were identified as Dhruv Rishi, Afjal and Dev Bakshi. The confrontation escalated into a scuffle, during which Dhruv allegedly stabbed Lamba in the left thigh, police said.A PCR call was received by Najafgarh police station around 11.45 pm regarding a knife attack near the Old Roshanpura area. During the incident, Kamal Rishi and his wife Seema Rishi sustained knife injuries, following which Seema succumbed to her injuries two days later. She was employed at a private school, said police.“We heard around 11.30 pm that our son had gotten into a fight. When we went to check what had happened, my wife and I were attacked,” Kamal Rishi said.Subsequently, Lamba was arrested on Oct 16 in connection with the attack on Kamal and Seema. During interrogation, he claimed that he had initially been stabbed by the deceased woman’s son.Based on Lamba’s statement, police registered a case against Rishi’s son, Dhruv, and his associates in connection with the initial altercation.A separate FIR was registered against Lamba under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
