19-year-old girl stabbed to death in Gurugram; accused held by local police
Murder given communal colour by media
Gurugram: In a heart-wrenching incident, a 19-year-old girl in Gurugram was stabbed to death on Monday, in the presence of her mother, who made desperate attempts to save her daughter.
The incident was captured on a CCTV camera and the footage showed that, although the incident took place in the presence of other people too, none of the eye-witnesses came to the girl’s help. The relatives of the victim handed the murder accused Rajkumar, aged 23 years, to Palam Vihar police officials.
The initial investigation has revealed that the duo was engaged four months ago, but the marriage was cancelled a few days back. The girl was murdered as she refused to marry the youngster.
Several media houses, however, have been projecting the crime to be a case of attack on Hindu girls by their Muslim lovers. Popular Kannada daily Kannada Prabha has reported the incident with the headline, ‘Muslim youth kills Hindu girl for refusing to marry him’.
The Gurugram police officers, however, have clarified on Twitter, “The knife used to kill the girl and the mobile phone of the arrested accused have been confiscated. The girl seems to have been stabbed twice. The body has been sent to conduct a post-mortem test.
Further investigation of the case is underway.”
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KKR defeat LSG via Super Over
Lucknow (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders edged Lucknow Super Giants via Super Overs in a battle between two bottom-placed teams in the IPL, here on Sunday.
Chasing a modest 156, LSG suffered a batting collapse and managed to tie the contest and take it to Super Over with No. 9 Mohammed Shami striking a last-ball six against a wayward Kartik Tyagi, who leaked 16 runs in the final over.
But Sunil Narine bowled a stunning Super Over conceding just one run and taking two wickets to give KKR an easy target.
Rinku Singh then finished the chase with a boundary off first ball from Prince Yadav.
Earlier the KKR were in deep trouble with 93/7 in 15 overs but Rinku smashed a sensational 83 not out from 51 balls including four sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to 155/7.
Cameron Green (34) was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores as KKR suffered a familiar batting meltdown with Mohsin taking his maiden fifer.
In reply, LSG continued their dismal show with the bat to succumb to their fifth loss in a row.
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 155/7; 20 overs (Rinku Singh 83 not out, Cameron Green 34; Mohsin Khan 5/23). Lucknow Super Giants 155/8; 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 42). KKR won via Super Over.
