Broad daylight murder in Delhi: Woman shot in head; cops probe link to 2023 husband’s killing

NEW DELHI: A woman was shot dead in broad daylight in northwest Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh area on Friday. The incident occurred around 11 am, when police received information about a firing incident.According to police, unidentified assailants shot the woman in the head at close range, killing her on the spot.

The victim has been identified as Rachna Yadav, who was the president of the local Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA) in Shalimar Bagh.Police said that Rachna Yadav was originally a resident of Bhalswa village in Delhi. In a significant development, they revealed that her husband was murdered in Bhalswa in the year 2023, and the current incident appears to be linked to that case.“The woman died on the spot due to a gunshot injury to the head. A crime team has inspected the scene, and CCTV footage from nearby areas is being examined,” a senior police officer said.The police have registered a case of murder and are investigating the matter from multiple angles, with personal rivalry and old enmity emerging as the primary line of inquiry. Efforts are underway to identify and trace the attackers, who fled the spot after the shooting.