RAIPUR: In a heart-wrenching incident, a man attacked a minor girl (16) with a knife in Gudhiyari area of Chhattisgarh capital Raipur reportedly over some old monetary dispute. The girl was working in a grocery shop run by the accused during the Covid period.
When the girl asked for the money, the man in inebriated condition barged into her house and misbehaved with her family. As the girl prevented him from doing so, the accused attacked the girl with the knife. The girl sustained a cut in the side of her neck and managed to escape from home.
The accused, identified as Omkar Tiwari , 47, chased her on the road and dragged with her hair until the blood-soaked girl collapsed on the road and police reached the spot after receiving information from the public.
A few days back, the girl had quit the job from Omkar's shop. Reportedly there was a dispute between the two regarding the transaction of money.
On Saturday night, the dispute turned ugly when Omkar entered the girl's house with the weapon. The girl was beaten up for opposing the accused's misbehavior with her family.
The girl is undergoing treatment in the government hospital in the state capital. There are deep wounds on her body causing severe blood loss due to which the condition of the girl was said to be critical.
Gudhiyari station house officer Alexander Kiro said that a love angle is emerging in the incident. The accused and the girl had planned to go out for a drive on Saturday evening, but the girl refused at the last moment leading to the dispute. The accused in inebriated condition entered the house of the girl around eight pm on Saturday when the girl did not come with him and committed the crime.
The accused has been booked under Section 307 of the IPC ( attempt to murder) and further investigations are on, said the SHO.
