Maharashtra: Kalyan girl stabbed to death for rejecting romantic proposal

In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old man allegedly stabbed a minor girl seven to eight times in Kalyan East on Wednesday night, police said, adding she died while undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital. According to a Hindustan Times report, the accused, identified as Aditya Kamble, was angry with the girl after she rejected his proposal twice. 

The report further adds, the accused was roaming around the girl’s house at Durga Darshan Society in Tisgaon for almost three to four hours. Around 8 pm, the 12-year-old girl returned from a private tuition class along with her mother.While climbing the stairs, Aditya came from behind, pushed the girl’s mother aside, and started stabbing the girl using a knife, a police officer said. Her mother tried to stop Aditya and tried to pull her daughter away from him but failed. The girl collapsed on the stairs with a severe wound on her chest, the officer said. Hearing her mother’s cries, residents of the society rushed to the spot. While trying to flee, Aditya was caught and handed over to the police. The injured girl was immediately taken to a nearby hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Senior police inspector Mahendra Deshmukh from Kolsewadi police station said, “We have arrested the man. Interrogation is going on.”