Minor girl stabbed in public over rejection of marriage proposal

In yet another crime of passion, a 17-year-old girl was repeatedly stabbed with a knife by her jilted lover in southwest Delhi’s Cantonment area after she reportedly rejected his marriage proposal.

Unable to handle the rejection, the accused, Amit (20), stabbed his girlfriend on her neck and abdomen before stabbing himself. All of this happened in full public view near the Kirbi Place bus stop.

Passersby gathered to extend help to the estranged couple, who was lying injured on the footpath. The purported video of the incident, whose veracity could not be independently verified by The Tribune, was doing rounds on the social media.

DCP (southwest) Surendra Choudhary said a passerby informed the police about the incident around 9.30 pm on Sunday. After getting information, a team rushed to the spot and shifted the injured persons to the hospital.

“The girl sustained serious injuries on her neck and the left side of the abdomen. A knife was recovered from the spot. They were undergoing treatment at a hospital,” the officer said.

During inquiry, the police found out that Amit and the victim were friends since last year. They recently had a fallout after the girl refused to marry him. Possibly, this irked Amit and he decided to take this extreme step.

The police have registered a case of attempt to murder against Amit. Further investigations are on into the matter.

Mother shattered, says victim would have turned 18 today

On ventilator with multiple injuries in neck, a few stab wounds on the left side of abdomen, battling for life in a hospital – this is not how Delhi’s latest victim of crime of passion had thought it would be on her 18th birthday.

What should have been a delightful day is now a nightmare. “We were so happy that she would turn 18 tomorrow (on Tuesday), but little did we know that my child would be struggling even to breathe,” said an inconsolable mother of the victim.

The 45-year-old Meena (name changed) is a single mother and works as a house help. Her husband abandoned her a long time back and married another woman following which they relocated to Delhi from a village in Uttar Pradesh.

Delhi, every now and then, reports serious crimes of passion where almost every time the woman is the victim of a man’s obsession.

“If a girl talks to a boy, does that give anyone a right to do this? We will fight with all our might and get her justice,” said Meena’s employer as she tried to console her.

The victim, whose condition is said to be critical, was attending coaching classes to secure a job and help her mother to have a better life. “Who knew that instead of a better life, a madman would stab her so brutally,” the girl’s mother said.

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