According to the police, Mohammad Jameel (50) who had divorced Salma six months back, attacked and stabbed her six times when she was standing outside her house.
"Jameel, who is a scrap dealer by profession, fled from the scene after the incident. Salma was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead," said a police official.
As per police, Salma married Jameel several years after divorcing her first husband. The couple had seven children while Salma had one child from her earlier marriage.