Overview
- Police say the suspects were tracked within 24 hours of the Tuesday stabbing, with Karan apprehended under the Shadipur flyover on Wednesday.
- Laxmi initially told officers her husband was set upon by strangers in a park, and an FIR was filed at Patel Nagar police station based on that account.
- Investigators reviewed CCTV from the area and the couple’s home, found the timeline did not fit, and brought Laxmi in for sustained questioning.
- A senior officer says Laxmi admitted plotting the attack with Karan inside their Baljeet Nagar home, and police say they recovered the knife at Karan’s instance.
- The victim is being treated at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and is unfit to give a statement, as the investigation continues into motive and possible charges.