Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the brutal stabbing of a 19-year-old girl. Kejriwal, while expressing shock over the incident which took place on Thursday, said the law and order situation in the national capital has deteriorated drastically in the recent past. " Delhi Police is under the Centre. The Prime Minister should either act or transfer Delhi Police's command to the Delhi government," Kejriwal said.

Minakshi, 19, was stabbed to death on Thursday by two brothers after she objected to their verbal abuse in central Delhi's Anand Parbat area. The incident took place when Minakshi was returning home from a market. After being attacked, she ran to her house and her mother came out to rescue her, when the mother was also stabbed in the back by the accused.

While the main accused Jai Prakash was arrested on Friday, his brother Ajay has been detained. The role of the duo's mother into the incident, who was present while the girl was stabbed, is also being investigated, police said.

Talking to media after meeting Meenakshi's parents, Kejriwal said he has summoned Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi on Monday to enquire about the progress made by the police in the case. The Delhi CM also announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for Minakshi's family.

Delhi home minister Satyendra Jain has also asked the police to submit a report in the case within the next two days. The Delhi government has already ordered a magisterial probe into the incident.

"In the past few weeks several incidents of crime against women have been reported. Most of them being heinous in nature and most of it against womenm," AAP's Delhi state convener Dilip Pandey said during a press conference.

"The news of a teenage girl stabbed to death by her molesters while police refused to lodge a complaint by the parents is a shocking incident which has brought to light the inefficiency and indifference of the Delhi Police towards protecting people of Delhi," Pandey added.

BJP hits back at Kejriwal

Senior BJP leader Nalin Kohli hit back at Kejriwal, saying the Delhi chief minister wants to protect the criminal elements in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

" Why is Kejriwal demanding Delhi Police to be under him? Because he has criminal elements in his party and cabinet. Kejriwal wants to take police under him, perhaps to protect these criminal elements and see that no action is taken against them," Kohli said.

Earlier, a neighbour of the victim claimed that Minakshi had complained against the accused brothers in 2013. The families of the victim and the accused reside in the same locality and are neighbours. Their relations had been strained and they were not on talking terms. They often indulged in fighting with each other over petty issues, police said.