Overview

• An 18-year-old was attacked Thursday evening on Mangal Bazar Road in New Mustafabad’s Dayalpur area while returning from a market to her brother’s home.
• Delhi Police say 24-year-old Jahan was traced within hours using surveillance inputs, arrested, and confessed during interrogation.
• Officers recovered the knife believed to have been used in the assault and called a forensic team to process the scene.
• Doctors at GTB Hospital report the victim has an abdominal stab wound and remains in serious but stable condition.
• Police cite a complaint alleging days of harassment by the accused, and the family says an earlier report at Dayalpur station had been “settled.”