A 21-year-old woman was shot when she tried to stop a fight between a husband and his wife in outer Delhi's Narela area, police said on Saturday. They said Rachna was shot around 10 pm on Friday when she intervened to stop the quarrel between Javed and his wife in Narela's Sector B2.

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The Incident 

On Thursday, Javed left his wife at her parent's home but returned to take her back forcibly. His wife refused, leading to a quarrel between them, said Gaurav Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (Outer North Delhi).

Rachna, a neighbour, intervened to stop the fight but Javed shot her and ran away, Sharma said. She is recuperating at a hospital. A case under relevant sections of the IPC has been registered, police said. Police are trying to nab Javed, described as a bad character by Narela police station. He supplied bread to shops. 

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Crime rate continues to soar high in Delhi

In another case in delhi, a three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her cousin in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district, the police said on Saturday.

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The girl was playing with her friends when the 24-year-old man took her to a secluded spot and allegedly raped her on Friday, Superintendent of Police Pratap Gopendra Yadav said. The accused left the child in a "very bad condition" and fled the village, they said, adding that the girl's family took her to a doctor who told them about the sexual assault.

On the complaint of the victim's family, an FIR was lodged against the accused, who is the son of the victim's uncle, and efforts are on to nab him, police said. Police said that the man lived in Chandigarh and had come to the village five days ago.

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