Mother and son stabbed to death in Delhi robbery

A 38-year-old woman and her teenage son were allegedly stabbed to death during a robbery in southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased were identified as Sharda Sahu, a homemaker, and her 13-year-old son, a Class 7 student. According to police, a PCR call regarding the double murder was received at Govindpuri police station around 1.11 am from Gali No. 10 in Govindpuri, Kalkaji. Local police teams, along with senior officers, rushed to the spot and secured the crime scene. During preliminary inquiry, police found that complainant Vishnu Sahu, who works as a fruit and vegetable vendor in weekly markets, had returned home around 12.30 am and noticed that the front door was latched from outside. After entering the house, he discovered the bodies of his wife and son lying inside the residence with multiple stab wounds. Police said inspection of the house suggested a robbery angle, as cash and jewellery were found missing from almirahs. Crime and forensic science laboratory teams examined the spot and collected evidence. A case under sections 103 (murder) and 309 (robbery) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered and multiple teams have been deployed to trace and arrest the accused, police said.