NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old woman working at a clothing showroom in west Delhi’s Moti Nagar was allegedly murdered after her throat was slit inside a trial room on Saturday evening, police said.Investigators suspect the murder may have stemmed from unrequited love and strained personal relations.According to news agency PTI, the victim, identified as Shabnam, worked at a showroom near Moti Nagar Metro Station and lived with her family in west Delhi.According to the preliminary investigation, the accused, who allegedly knew Shabnam and had been friends with her, reached the showroom around the time her shift was due to end on Saturday.He allegedly took her into a trial room and attacked her neck with a sharp-edged weapon before fleeing, police said.The two had reportedly been on friendly terms earlier, but their relationship had soured over the past few months. Police suspect that a fallout in their personal relationship may have led to the murder.A woman claiming to be an eyewitness told news agency ANI that Shabnam had previously worked for her before joining the showroom across the street.She said she had seen Shabnam sitting inside the shop and using her phone around 6.45 pm. At around 7.30 pm, she received a call from Shabnam’s employer, who told her that the young woman was missing.“A man came by and beat her up quite severely. Could you please go and check what happened? She is nowhere to be found, and she left the shop wide open,” the employer allegedly told her.The woman said she went to check but could not find Shabnam. Two neighbours later arrived and locked the showroom around 8 pm.However, around 8.30 pm, the neighbours returned after checking the CCTV footage, which allegedly showed a man leaving the premises but no footage of Shabnam walking out.“They came back to me and said, ‘Shabnam must still be inside—we checked the footage, and she never left. We only saw a man leave, but she didn’t come out. Could you come inside with us to take a look?'” she said.The woman said they entered the showroom while recording a video but initially could not find anything. She then noticed Shabnam’s scarf lying near the trial room.“Then, my eyes fell toward the very back—the trial room—where I spotted her scarf (chunni) lying on the floor, and blood was seeping out from inside,” she said.“We immediately called the police and contacted Shabnam’s parents… Her throat had been slit, and she was lying on the floor, with blood everywhere,” she added.Investigators are examining CCTV footage from the showroom to establish the sequence of events and trace the accused’s movements and escape route.Police teams have been conducting raids to apprehend the accused. All possible angles, including a suspected case of unrequited love, are being investigated, officials said.(With inputs from agencies)
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