New Delhi: A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman’s brother after repeatedly harassing her in north-west Delhi’s Model Town area, police said on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Shyam Sunder. The complainant told police that Sunder lived in the same neighbourhood and had been harassing her for some time. “She said that Sunder would pass lewd remarks and make obscene gestures whenever she crossed his path. When she confronted him and warned that she would complain to her husband and brother, Sunder threatened her, saying he would kill both of them if she disclosed the matter to anyone,”DCP (north west) Akanksha Yadav said. The dispute escalated on the evening of March 12. Around 8.30pm, Sunder allegedly attacked the woman’s brother with a knife and stabbed him three to four times before fleeing from the spot. Following the incident, a case was registered under sections 109(attempt to murder) and 74 (assault or use of criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the BNS at Model Town police station. Multiple raids were conducted, following which the accused was apprehended. “During questioning, Sunder admitted that he had been harassing the woman and developed a grudge against her family after they objected to his behaviour. The stabbing was carried out in anger and as retaliation for confronting him,” DCP Yadav said.
