Man stabs fiancée doubting her fidelity

NT Correspondent

An accountant of a government hospital has been arrested for attempting to murder his colleague with whom he was planning to get married.

The incident happened on Friday at around 6 am at the victim’s house on the Doddaballapur Road. The accused, identified as Girish, stabbed his colleague, identified as D Prabavathi, multiple times with a knife.

The victim, who is working as a staff nurse at Government Hospital in Doddabllapur, is undergoing treatment in KC General Hospital. The victim’s closeness to another man is said to be the reason for the murder attempt.

T he accused was working as the accountant in the Government Hospital, Doddaballapur and the victim, who hails from Mysuru, was working as the staff nurse in the same hospital. Prabhavati was staying with her brother in a rented house at Yogi Narayana Layout, which is near the hospital.

Both Girish and Prabavathi were in a courtship for some time and both the families had agreed get them married soon.“The accused repeatedly stabbed her stomach, throat and other body parts. When she started screaming for help, the neighbours rushed near her house. They found that the house doors were locked from inside. When they checked through the window, they saw the accused holding a knife,” said an officer on part of investigations.

When the neighbours started banging the door, the accused is said to have come out by opening the door. The neighbours immediately rushed her to Government Hospital, Doddaballapur, and later she was shifted to the KC General Hospital in Malleswaram for further treatment. Her condition is said to be stable and has given her statements to the police. As it was a medico legal case, the hospital reported the matter to the police.

The accused was frustrated after the victim was getting close with another man. The two reportedly had frequent fights and she was very upset for suspecting her fidelity.

The police have arrested the accused and are interrogating him. Doddaballapura Town police have registered a case.