Rajasthan: Jilted lover stabs girl to death after she breaks off engagement

mangaloretoday News Network

Rajasthan, Dec 09, 2017 : Adding to an already long and disturbing list of murders committed by jilted lovers, a man in Rajasthan’s Kota area has been accused of killing a girl after she refused to marry him.

 

Sabir, the accused from Kota’s Borkheda area, is said to have stabbed the girl half a dozen times until she bled to death in Bhimganjmandi area yesterday.

Reports have it that jilted lover Sabir was engaged to marry the victim, Shahnoor. However, Shahnoor later decided to break off the engagement after she learned about his background.

"The boy was not good. That is why, she refused to get married to him," said Shama, the deceased’s relative.

Unwilling to take no for an answer, the jilted lover often accosted the girl, claim her family."Ever since, he has been roaming after her. It did not seem that that boy would do something like this...", added Shama.

Yesterday, Shahnoor was going to her coaching class with her sister when the accused attacked her.

As he started stabbing Shanoor, her sister raised an alarm, but by the time the family members reached the scene, the jilted lover had fled, and Shanoor was left in a pool of her blood.

"He attacked her furiously with a knife. She sustained around 10 injuries. She was taken to the hospital, but she died during treatment," said Sub-Inspector Bhim Singh.

"A case has been registered. Till now, it seems to be a case of one-sided love," he added.

Earlier today, accused jilted lover Shabir was arrested.