Overview
- Police identified the victim as Sangeeta Devi, who was confronted outside her residence in Sunlight Colony, Basantpur, around 8 pm on Friday.
- Sangeeta had been living separately with her two daughters as divorce proceedings continued in a Delhi court.
- Officers say the husband arrived with some family members, an argument ensued on the street, and he allegedly fired three shots, two of which struck her, before fleeing.
- A murder case was filed at Palla police station, teams launched raids to arrest the suspect Dilip (reported as 36), and three empty cartridges were recovered at the scene.
- Neighbors and the victim’s father took her to a Sector 31 private hospital where she was declared dead, and police said the post-mortem was completed with the body handed to the family on Saturday.