A 25-year-old engineer, Hardik Malhotra, allegedly stabbed his twin sister Himshikha nearly 50 times at their Moradabad home in a crime police described as one of the most brutal they have seen. After the murder, he reportedly attacked his mother when she discovered the body but she survived with injuries. Moradabad (City) SP Kumar Ranvijay said, "Almost no part of Himshikha's body was spared.”