Overview

• The stabbing occurred around 10:15 pm Saturday on Qutub Road in Nabi Karim in full public view, according to Delhi Police.
• Police say Aashu first attacked Aakash, then stabbed Shalini as she sat in an e-rickshaw before Aakash overpowered him and used the same knife.
• Shalini, 22, and Aashu, 34, were declared dead at the hospital, while Aakash, 23, sustained multiple stab wounds and remains under treatment.
• An FIR citing BNS Sections 103(1) for murder and 109(1) for attempt to murder was registered at Nabi Karim Police Station on a complaint by Shalini’s mother.
• Initial inquiries note a prior live-in relationship between Shalini and Aashu, a recent reconciliation with her husband, disputed paternity of her pregnancy, and police records for both men, with Aashu listed as a 'bad character.'