A 23-year-old man allegedly killed an 18-year-old Dalit woman with a knife in Amethi's Ram Shahpur village, apparently due to a fallout of a love affair, before attempting suicide using the same weapon. The accused, Sanjay Kumar, has been sent to a trauma center for treatment.
A 23-year-old man allegedly killed a Dalit woman with a knife in Ram Shahpur village here, police said on Saturday.?The man, Sanjay Kumar, slit the throat of 18-year-old Kavita Friday in his house, then tried to kill himself also with the same knife, Additional Superintendent of Police, Amethi, Harendra Kumar on Saturday said. ?
Sanjay, who injured himself seriously in the purported suicide attempt, was sent to a trauma centre in Lucknow for treatment, Kumar said. ?
Prima facie the incident seems to have taken place because of a fall out of a love affair, the ACP said. The body of the victim has been sent for a post mortem examination, and the matter is being probed, he added.