Overview
- Rachna Yadav, 44, was shot in the head at close range around 11 am in Shalimar Bagh and died at the scene, police said.
- Investigators recovered an empty cartridge and are scanning CCTV that shows the assailants fleeing on a motorcycle.
- Police say Yadav was a key witness in her husband Vijendra’s 2023 murder case, which is under trial.
- The main accused in that earlier case, Bharat Yadav, remains absconding and has been declared a proclaimed offender, and the victim’s daughter alleges he orchestrated the killing.
- Yadav served as her locality’s RWA president and was known as an active AAP worker, and multiple police teams are pursuing leads with no arrests announced so far.