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On Sunday December 14, a temple priest’s wife was murdered in broad daylight in the Mansarovar Park area of Shahdara, Delhi. The horrific incident took place at the Jwala Ji Temple, located just 100 meters from the Mansarovar police station. Around 11:30 AM on Sunday, an unknown assailant entered the temple and brutally attacked Kusum Sharma, the wife of temple priest Mahesh Chand Sharma, with a sharp weapon, killing her on the spot.
When another woman, Bina Devi, who was present in the temple for worship, tried to intervene, the attacker also struck her on the head. Eyewitness Bina Devi said, “The accused attacker came into the temple and first inquired about the priest. He asked, ‘Where is the Pandit?’ When I told him that the Pandit wasn’t there, but his wife was, he suddenly attacked her with a long, sharp weapon he had brought with him. There was screaming and shouting in the temple premises, but by then the accused had committed the crime and fled.”
Was the priest’s wife murdered over a land dispute?
The deceased Kusum’s husband, Mahesh Sharma, told ABP News, “The reason for the murder is an old dispute over the temple land, and this matter is also being contested in court with the family living next to the temple. I have been the priest of this temple for the last 35 years, and this land belongs to the DDA (Delhi Development Authority), but the Kasana family living next door was trying to grab it. I had received threats from them several times, which I also complained about to the police, but nothing happened, and today this incident occurred.”
The deceased’s daughter demands an encounter for the attacker
The deceased woman Kusum’s daughter is inconsolable. She said, “My mother left saying she would be back in a little while, but she was murdered. Now I demand that the attacker be killed in an encounter, and those who instigated the attack should also be given the harshest punishment.”
What did the Shahdara DCP say?
In this entire matter, Shahdara DCP Prashant Gautam informed ABP News, “An unknown assailant has murdered the wife of the temple priest in the DDA society of Mansarovar Park. An investigation into the incident is underway. Several police teams have been formed to apprehend the attacker. The assailant will be arrested soon.”
