Overview
- Kusum Sharma, 48, was stabbed inside a temple in the Mansarovar Park DDA flats around noon on Sunday and was declared dead at GTB Hospital.
- Delhi Police arrested Anchal Saxena within hours and recovered the alleged weapon, with a murder case registered at the Mansarovar Park police station.
- Investigators report Saxena purchased a sickle about a month ago and has alleged a dispute stemming from the priest’s conduct toward his family.
- Police say the case appears rooted in personal enmity and that Saxena intended to target the priest but attacked his wife when the priest was absent.
- Multiple teams are reviewing CCTV and forensic evidence, pursuing legal and psychiatric assessments, and searching for a second suspected assailant named in initial accounts.