Delhi shocker: 21-year-old woman stabbed 28 times by stalker, dies

Representational image. AFP[/caption]The woman was stabbed by her 30-year-old lover Sanjay. "The woman knew Sanjay from before her marriage and the two were in a relationship," the officer had said, adding that "their affair continued even after her marriage."The officer had also said that the woman "had stopped all contact and communication with Sanjay and started avoiding him. This had enraged Sanjay."According to the police, Sanjay confronted the woman on Sunday while she was returning home and they had a heated argument. In a fit of rage, Sanjay allegedly slit his wrist first and then allegedly stabbed the woman multiple times and inflicted more injuries on himself.On Thursday, two teenaged girls were allegedly gang raped by five boys in Delhi's Aman Vihar.According to CNN-News18, the two girls were sitting in a park with their male friends when they were attacked by the five culprits.Four of the accused have been nabbed by the police while one of the accused is absconding. The accused might be minors, according to the police.Delhi registered 1,893 rape cases in 2015, or more than five per day, according to the Crime in India 2015 report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on August 30, 2016.Delhi was followed by Mumbai with 712 cases, Jaipur (279), Pune (266) and Nagpur (166) among mega cities (population of one million or more) across the country. Delhi had reported three times as many rape cases (when rape cases considered only the female population and not the total population) as Mumbai in 2014.