Mumbai, October 27: A woman was today stabbed to death and her husband seriously injured after being robbed by two motorcycle-borne men at Parel in central Mumbai, police said.
The victims, identified as Beena and Jatin Desai, were out for their morning walk at around 0545 hours this morning when the incident occurred, senior inspector R B Poman of Kalachowkie police station told PTI.
According to police, the two robbers stopped the couple and tried to snatch their belongings. “When the couple resisted, they (robbers) attacked them with a sharp weapon, injuring them seriously,” Poman added.
The robbers decamped with their belongings, including a gold chain, police said adding the woman was declared dead on arrival to a city hospital while her husband is recuperating.
–Agencies