New Delhi: A 17-year-old girl, who dared to meet her boyfriend against her family’s wishes, was stabbed by her older brother, who is now on the run.
The incident occurred in East Delhi’s Mandawali colony when Laxmi Sharma, a grade 11 student of Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, went in the night to meet her 22-year-old boyfriend Ankit. The boy stays with his uncle Dilip Gupta in a neighbouring colony, Vinod Nagar.
When Gupta, a private tutor, returned home, he objected to Laxmi’s presence in his house.
Unhappy with the situation, he called up the girl’s parents to say it was “inappropriate” for her to meet his nephew at that time.
Ankit works as a supervisor for a private contractor, a milk supplier.
According to the police, her father went to Ankit’s house immediately and brought his daughter home.
A police official said: “Late in the night, Laxmi’s grandparents, aunt and uncle sat down to counsel the young girl. But her 18-year-old brother Sujit would have none of it. He lost his temper and in a fit of rage stabbed his sister in the stomach with a kitchen knife in front of the other family members.”
The girl was taken to the nearby Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital but died due to excessive blood loss.
The hospital authorities called up the police, who searched the house, only to find the girl’s brother missing. “He is on the run but we expect to nab him soon,” the official said.
Ankit has reportedly told the police that he and Laxmi had met about four months ago and they met frequently in parks and other areas and planned to marry.
“He told us that though both families were not happy with the relationship, the two never intended to elope and were trying to convince their respective families,” the official said.
“Investigations revealed that the accused is very temperamental and had turned violent over petty issues even in the past,” he added.
