Bhopal

Mystery shrouds death of teen from pair of scissors

Staff Reporter

An 18-year-old girl died under suspicious circumstances after sustaining injuries by a pair of scissors that incidentally fell on her while she was asleep at Padmanabh Nagar under Aishbagh police station area late night on Friday.

Police said that the incident took place when the victim Naina was asleep at her residence and the family members were sleeping in the next room were awaken after hearing her crying in pain they rushed to her room and were shocked when they found that scissors has embedded in her stomach. The victim was bleeding profusely.

She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died during treatment. Doctors have claimed that the profuse bleeding was the reason of her death. Family members have claimed that scissors kept at a shelf near the victim’s bed fell incidentally which lead to her death. After the death of the victim police were informed and a case under section 174 of the CrpC has been registered.

Police said at the moment nothing could be ascertained as the post-mortem is awaited and the report would help in the investigation as it is a matter of investigation that the death was an accident or victim was killed. Meanwhile, a 55-year-old man was killed after being hit by a moving train while trying to cross railway track at Aishbagh on Friday.

Police said that the victim Mumtaz Khan was in a hurry to reach his home and when he tried to cross the railway track at Aishbagh railway crossing he was hit by a moving train. Police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC.