A nine-year-old girl was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife allegedly by her mother over a tiff with the latter in Sultanpur district on Tuesday. The accused was arrested by police and booked for murdered.

The girl, who was bleeding profusely after her mother slit her throat, was initially taken to a community health centre in Chanda but was referred to a higher facility owing to her critical condition. The accused, Neelu of Vivek Nagar ward in Koiripur outpost area under Chanda Kotwali, got into an argument with her daughter Paridhi on Tuesday morning.

Neelu, who was cutting vegetables, lost her temper following a confrontation with her daughter over some issue and slit the latter’s throat with the kitchen knife. The girl was given first aid at the CHC and then referred to the Government Medical College in Sultanpur. However, her condition worsened on the way. The ambulance driver left the girl at Lambhua CHC and ran away.

At the Lambhua CHC, doctors examined the girl and referred her to the State Medical Hospital, but the ambulance had left by then. The girl succumbed soon due to lack of treatment.

Paridhi’s father Rahul Pandey had died four years ago. Her mother remarried a year ago and started living with her husband in Mumbai. However, three months back, she came to her parents’ home with her daughter after her mental condition deteriorated.

She was undergoing treatment in Prayagraj. Lambhua CO Abdul Salam said that the police were probing into every aspect of the case.