A minor girl was stabbed at least eight times by a man while she was returning home with her mother in Maharashtra's Kalyan last evening. Nearby occupants caught the attacker on the spot and later gave him over to the police. The girl was hurried to a hospital, where she died during treatment. The motive behind the crime isn't known at this point.
Visuals from the spot showed blood on the stairs of the building. The police have likewise recovered the knife used in the crime. Accused Aditya Kamble, after stabbing the 12-year-old girl repeatedly, drank phenyl, a disinfectant, to end his own life. He is being treated at a hospital.
The station house officer at Kolsewadi police station said that Kamble has additionally been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 309 (attempt to commit suicide). As indicated by the victim's neighbors, on Wednesday night, Kamble waited at the building where the girl resided for her to get back from her coaching classes.
While climbing the steps, Kamble came from behind, pushed the deceased's mother aside, and began stabbing the minor multiple times, a police officer said. Her mother stopped the attacker and attempted to pull her daughter away but her efforts went in vain.
Due to multiple stabbings, the girl collapsed on the stairs with a severe wound to her chest, the official said. The residents of the society rushed to the spot after hearing her mother's cries.
Senior police controller Mahendra Deshmukh from Kolsewadi police headquarters said, "We have arrested the man. Interrogation is going on." The knife has been seized. Deshmukh and assistant commissioner of Police Kalyanji Ghete visited the spot.
(Reports by Sunil Sharma)
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