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Woman killed in temple in East Delhi: Accused bought weapon a month ago, say police

Accused Anchal Saxena, who was arrested within three hours of the incident, told police that he believed that the victim’s husband had “ill intentions” towards his family.

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Dec 16, 2025 09:50 AM IST

Police said they received a PCR call around 12 pm and were told that a woman had been attacked at a temple inside a DDA flats complex (Representative image).

A day after a 48-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death inside a temple in East Delhi’s Mansarovar Park, the police on Monday said that the accused had brought the murder weapon — a sickle — about a month ago.

Deceased Kusum Sharma was the wife of the priest at the temple. Accused Anchal Saxena, who was arrested within three hours of the incident, told police that he believed that the victim’s husband had “ill intentions” towards his family, and that he acted in “self defence”, they said.

Investigators found that Saxena did his PG from Delhi University and BA from Kirori Mal College. “He was currently preparing for UPSC exams,” an officer said.

Police said they received a PCR call around 12 pm and were told that a woman had been attacked at a temple inside a DDA flats complex. The deceased was a resident of Mansarovar Park. She suffered multiple stab wounds on the head and upper body and was rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.

A case of murder was registered at Mansarovar Park police station.

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