Udupi: Love-struck youth stabs teenage girl for refusing marriage
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi
Udupi, Jun 2: In a startling incident, a love-struck youth allegedly stabbed a young girl after she refused to marry him. The incident took place at Ambalpady here on Saturday June 1.
The accused has been identified as Abdul hailing from Jharkhand.
It is said that on Saturday morning, Sneha (17, name changed), along with her brother and uncle, had gone to a stream near Pallavi rice mill for fishing.
Abdul, who saw her from a distance, approached her and expressed his love and asked her to marry him.
Sneha rejected him and said that she was still in college and had no plans to get married, and that she did not have any feelings for him.
Angered by her response, Abdul took out a knife from his pocket and allegedly stabbed the stab on her neck. When the girl screamed her brother and uncle rushed to her, and seeing them, the frightened Abdul fled away.
The girl was admitted to Ajjarkad district hospital where she is recuperating.
Abdul, who is from Jharkhand, does the work of assembling tiles for houses. He was staying in a rented house in Sneha's neghbourhood.
Udupi police have registered a case.