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Girl stabbed to death in Delhi
New Delhi, July 17 A 19-year-old girl died after being stabbed
for objecting to a man who allegedly abused her on Thursday in central Delhi's
Anand Parbat area, police said on Friday.
Police said the accused, identified as Jai Parkash, was arrested but the girl
succumbed to her injuries at the hospital on Thursday.
"The incident took place on Thursday around 7.30 p.m. when the girl,
Meenakshi, a Class 11 student, was returning home after buying groceries, Jai
Parkash started abusing her," a police official said.
"When she objected, he pulled out a knife and stabbed her multiple
times," the official said, adding that he even stabbed her mother on her
back when she came to intervene and protect her daughter.
"When the victim's mother came to intervene and defend her daughter, she
was also stabbed on her back by Jai Parkash, who later fled from the
spot," he added.
Both were rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where Meenakshi succumbed to
her injuries, police said.
Jai Parkash was later apprehended from Ramjas School's playground in Anand
Parbat area of central Delhi.