A 17-year-old girl was stabbed to death by a 28-year-old man at Boriakala locality in broad daylight on Thursday. The accused has been arrested, police said.
According to police sources, a one-sided affair is being stated as the reason behind the murder.
“The accused, Yogesh Verma (28) a resident of Boriakala, has been arrested,” Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Vijay Agrawal said.
According to the police, the deceased Dhaneshwari Dhritlahre was engaged in some household chore on Thursday morning when the accused reached her house and stabbed her in the chest multiple times at the house yard.
listening to Dhaneshwari’s screams the family members of the victim rushed to the spot but by that time Verma had fled the spot, police said. The girl was rushed to a hospital nearby where doctors declared Dhaneshwari brought dead.