Woman PDS dealer stabbed to death at Patna home

Patna: A 45-year-old woman was brutally murdered at her house in the Dadar Mandi area under the Alamganj police station in Patna on Saturday morning. The victim, identified as Sulekha Devi, a public distribution system (PDS) dealer, sustained multiple stab wounds, including severe injuries to her neck, throat and both hands.Unidentified assailants entered her house around 11.45am, attacked her and fled. At the time of the incident, Sulekha’s son was sleeping in an upstairs room, her mother-in-law had gone to the market, and her husband, Mantu Kumar, was at his office. The criminals escaped without being noticed.When the son came downstairs, he found his mother lying in a pool of blood. Family members rushed her to NMCH-Patna in an auto-rickshaw, where doctors declared her brought dead.

They confirmed she had been attacked with a sharp weapon. Her husband, a clerk at a court, said: “I was in court when my son called my colleague, Rajendra Prasad, saying my mother had collapsed. I rushed home and found my wife covered in blood, with our son beside her.

”Officers from Alamganj police station reached the spot, cordoned off the area and began an investigation. A forensic science laboratory (FSL) team collected evidence from the spot. “The case appears to be a clear murder. Family members are being questioned, and CCTV footage from the surrounding area is being analysed. The FSL team has collected evidence to support the probe,” Patna City ASP Raj Kishori Singh said, adding that the motive remains unclear and the number of assailants has not been established yet.Police suspect the crime may be linked to personal or professional disputes, given the victim’s role as a PDS dealer, but no definite leads have emerged so far.