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A 44-year-old pistillate was changeable dormant astatine point-blank scope successful northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh connected Saturday (January 11, 2026), with constabulary suspecting the sidesplitting to beryllium a fallout of the 2023 execution of her husband, an authoritative said.
The deceased was identified arsenic Rachna Yadav, a nonmigratory of Shalimar Bagh and the nonmigratory payment relation (RWA) president of her locality. According to police, she was changeable successful the caput and died connected the spot.
Police said Rachna was primitively from Bhalswa colony successful north-west Delhi. Investigators fishy that the execution is linked to the sidesplitting of her husband, Vijendra Yadav, who was changeable dormant successful 2023. The lawsuit concerning that execution is presently nether trial.
"In the 2023 case, Vijendra Yadav was allegedly murdered owed to erstwhile enmity. Bharat Yadav and 5 others were named arsenic accused. While 5 of the accused were arrested and are facing trial, the main accused, Bharat Yadav, is inactive absconding and has been declared a proclaimed offender," a elder constabulary serviceman said.
Police said Rachna was the main witnesser successful her husband's execution case, and her grounds was considered captious for the prosecution. Investigators judge her sidesplitting whitethorn person been aimed astatine weakening the lawsuit and intimidating different witnesses.
CCTV footage has surfaced successful the Rachna Yadav execution case, intelligibly capturing the accused who allegedly changeable her. Police said the assailant's accomplice was already waiting adjacent connected a sports motorcycle bearing a Delhi registration number, facilitating a swift escape, according to an official.
Police said a PCR telephone was received astatine astir 10.59 a.m. astatine Shalimar Bagh constabulary station, reporting that a pistillate had been shot.
Local constabulary teams rushed to the spot and recovered Rachna lying connected the roadworthy successful a excavation of blood. An bare cartridge was recovered from the scene, officials said.
According to the investigation, erstwhile Rachna was returning aft gathering a neighbour, 2 assailants intercepted her. One of them allegedly stopped her and asked her name. When she identified herself, the attacker pulled retired a firearm and changeable her successful the caput earlier fleeing the spot on with his accomplice, constabulary said.
Preliminary enquiry suggested that the pistillate was targeted, and the assailants appeared to person anterior cognition astir her individuality and movements.
"Crime Team and FSL teams were instantly called, and the country of the transgression was thoroughly examined. CCTV footage from adjacent areas is being scanned to place the assailants," Additional Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Bhisham Singh said.
Prima facie, it appears that the contiguous lawsuit is linked to the earlier murder, helium said. "We are re-examining each aspects of the 2023 lawsuit and the relation of the proclaimed offender (Bharat)," Mr. Singh said, adding that aggregate teams person been formed to hint the shooters and those who whitethorn person masterminded the crime.
Speaking to reporters, Kanika Yadav, the deceased's elder daughter, alleged that the execution was planned by Bharat.
"Some of the accused successful my father's execution lawsuit are lodged successful Tihar Jail. Despite that, they are readying specified crimes. Bharat Yadav planned and executed my mother's murder," she alleged.
Ms. Kanika claimed her parent was killed due to the fact that she was lasting steadfast arsenic a witnesser successful her father's execution case.
"They were acrophobic that they would beryllium convicted connected the ground of her statement. That is wherefore my parent was killed. My begetter was murdered successful 2023, and the lawsuit is inactive pending earlier the court," she said.
Police said Rachna is survived by 2 daughters, 1 of whom is married, portion the younger girl lived with her. Security has been stepped up successful the area, and further probe is underway, constabulary added.
