A 28-year-old gym trainer allegedly stabbed his live-in partner more than 30 times after a heated argument over marriage on Tuesday late night. She is battling for life in lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital in Delhi.
The incident took place around 2 am on Wednesday inside a flat at Krishna Apartment, Noida Sector-73. The victim and accused were living together since one year in her apartment.
Noida police on Wednesday afternoon arrested the accused, Varun Goel, who runs a gym in Ghaziabad. An FIR has been registered against him under Section 307 (attempt to murder) and 326 (causing grievous hurt with dangerous weapons), in Noida Sector 49 Police Station.
Police said the victim is a native of Gorakhpur and had divorced her husband six years ago. She worked in a media house in Sector-63 Noida. She met Varun in a gym where he works as a trainer. The two gradually became close. Varun, who then lived at Shaktikhand 3, Indirapuram in Ghaziabad. The woman later joined a mobile tablet company in Noida.
“The duo started living in the woman’s apartment in Sector 73 since one year. They had a fight inside the flat on Tuesday late night as the woman was forcing him to marry her. Varun, however, was not ready for marriage,” said Sandeep Singh, DSP, Noida.
“Following the argument, he took a kitchen knife and stabbed her as many as 32 times and fled from the spot leaving her in a pool of blood. The incident was informed by neighbours on 100 around 2 am,” said Singh, adding, “A police team reached on the spot and rushed her into the district hospital. The doctor referred her later to lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital in Delhi, where her condition is said to be critical.”