GURGAON: A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death at her neighbour’s house by a 19-year-old stalker, who was earlier arrested for allegedly kidnapping her, in Faridabad on Saturday.
Pawan (19) barged into the house of Mamta, a domestic help, in Dabua Colony when the teenager was present there. After an argument, he stabbed her in the neck and face with a knife. Pawan fled the house after the attack, police said.
“The girl went to her domestic help’s house in the neighbourhood when the latter was not at home. Neighbours saw Pawan leaving the house with blood-stained clothes and went inside to check what happened. They found the girl with bleeding injuries. She was rushed to Civil Hospital where she was declared dead,” inspector Manjeet Kumar of Dabua police station said, adding that the girl, a school dropout, lived with her mother who is a cloth trader.
Pawan, according to police, was arrested on April 20, 2024, for allegedly kidnapping the teenager to marry her. At that time, in her statement, the girl’s mother had alleged that Pawan enticed her daughter away on the pretext of marrying her with the help of his friend Shoaib on April 17, 2024. Only Pawan was arrested in the case and charged under IPC sections 363 (kidnapping), 366-A (procuration of minor girl), and 34 (common intention).
In Sept 2024, Pawan was released from jail on bail. The case is currently under trial. “The girl’s mother alleged that Pawan killed her daughter with a knife. She also stated that the accused, his younger brother, their parents, friend and his mother threatened her family to withdraw the kidnapping complaint,” Faridabad police spokesperson Yashpal said.
Based on her complaint, police registered a case under BNS sections 103 (1) (murder), 351 (3) (criminal intimidation), and 61 (2) (criminal conspiracy) against Pawan, younger brother, parents, friend, and mother on Saturday night.
While the teenager’s mother levelled allegations of intimidation against Pawan and his family after the murder, police said she did not report to them about any threats earlier. “The family of the accused runs a scrap business. They claimed he is a student. We have to verify it once he is arrested. We will also get to know why the girl went to her domestic help’s house when the latter was not at home and how the accused reached there at the same time only after the arrest,” the inspector said.
The police spokesperson also said the crime branch and police teams have launched a manhunt to nab Pawan.
