Surender Singh’s hurt ego that allegedly prompted him to murder 22-year-old Karuna in north Delhi’s Burari

New Delhi: It was Surender Singh’s hurt ego that allegedly prompted him to murder 22-year-old Karuna in north Delhi’s Burari on Tuesday, the police said.

Surender reportedly told the police that he “warned” Karuna of physical harm, moments before he stabbed her with a pair of scissors around 30 times, but that the threat failed to scare her.

“The victim told her that all he did was to threaten her with physical violence,” an investigator told , a day after the gory assault, which was captured by a CCTV camera. Surender allegedly saw this as a “challenge” and pulled out a pair of scissors. “The accused has claimed that he always carried the scissors with him. He has not explained why,” said Madhur Verma, DCP (North).

More details of the meeting between the killer and the victim at the GTB Nagar metro station, around an hour before the assault, have surfaced. Surender told the police that on Monday he got to know about Karuna sharing some pictures with a male friend.

“Surender who has claimed to be in a relationship with Karuna between 2012 and 2015, asked her to meet him at the metro station,” said an investigator.

During their meeting, Surender allegedly snatched her mobile, pulled out the SIM card and threatened her into sharing the password of her Facebook Messenger account. Karuna then reportedly excused herself saying that her father had called her home. Surender, meanwhile, used Karuna’s SIM card and password to check her WhatsApp chats messages and Facebook messenger chats.

“The chats revealed that she was talking to another youth and sharing personal pictures,” said the investigator quoting the accused.

While these claims are yet to be verified, the police said that probe so far had confirmed that the duo was in a relationship for three years before Karuna decided to move away last year, allegedly because of his violent nature.

The break-up, however, was not taken well by Surender who began stalking Karuna. She was forced to approach the police around five months ago. However, Karuna withdrew her complaint after Surender’s parents promised to keep their son away, said the victim’s mother, Rama. Police said the “compromise” failed to help as Surender allegedly continued to stalk Karuna.

Bureau Report