Enraged over his love being spurned, a youth allegedly stabbed a 24-year-old girl to death and later tried to commit suicide at Pratappur in Jajpur district. The incident took place on Wednesday night. The seriously sick youth Dasaratha Sahu is battling for life at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.
Sahu stabbed Sasmita Priyadarshini Sahu of the same village with a sharp-edged object at a secluded place on the village road when she was returning home after giving tuition in a nearby village. Anticipating trouble as locals coming to the spot, the accused tried to commit suicide by stabbing himself. locals who reached the spot found the duo were lying on the road in pools of blood. They took both the injured girl and youth to the local hospital. The girl succumbed to her injuries later. According to police, Dasaratha was in love with the girl and wanted to marry her, but she refused his repeated proposals.