Argument over fare: Auto driver stabs 22-year-old woman in Southeast Delhi

An autorickshaw driver allegedly stabbed a woman following an argument over fare in Southeast Delhi’s New Friends Colony, police said Tuesday.

According to DCP (Southeast) Rajesh Deo, around 8.30 pm on Monday, Mehreen Riyaz (22) hired an autorickshaw from Shaheen Bagh, where she stayed, to New Friends Colony (NFC) market. “After she reached the market, she got into an argument with the autorickshaw driver over the fare. The driver got infuriated and attacked her with a sharp object due to which she received injuries on her lower abdomen,” the DCP said, adding that the victim was taken to a hospital where she is undergoing treatment.

The driver has been booked on charges of assault and efforts are on to trace him, police said.

The victim is a nursing student at Holy Family Hospital. Hailing from Kashmir, she stays at a hostel in Shaheen Bagh, an officer said. She was going to a grocery store in the NFC area. Police said her friend took her to the hospital.