Man Stabs Former Girlfriend To Death On Mumbai Street, Kills Himself
Mumbai: A 24-year-old man chased and fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend on a road in broad daylight before committing suicide by slitting her own throat in central Mumbai on Friday, police said. The accused Sonu Barai attacked Manisha Yadav (24) on a street in Kalachowkie area around 11 am, nearly two weeks after the duo broke up, an official said.
Yadav was seriously injured and was taken to Dr. in Byculla by a traffic police officer. He was admitted to Ambedkar Hospital. He died hours later.
According to police, Barai suspected Yadav of seeing someone else, which led to a fight between the two and they eventually ended their relationship.
On Friday morning the defendant called him to a meeting and carried a kitchen knife with him.
When Yadav arrived, Barai stabbed him two to three times and chased him as he ran for his life and entered a nursing home.
The attack continued inside the medical facility as he grabbed Yadav and cut him again, the official said.
He said that although people around him tried to intervene, they could not do much because Barai was angry and armed. Just then someone threw stones at Barai and hit him with a wooden stick, making him realize that he could not escape.
Barai then slit his own throat and died at the scene due to excessive blood loss, the official said.
Many videos of the attack at the nursing home emerged on social media.
In the video clips, it is seen that people are trying to save the victim from the hands of the attacker, and some people are beating the suspect with sticks and throwing stones.
According to the police statement, traffic police personnel Kiran Suryavanshi was near the scene and was responding to vehicles parked on the pavement when a passerby alerted him about the incident.
Suryavanshi rushed inside, saved Yadav and without wasting any time took him to Ambedkar hospital in a taxi. He was later taken to the state-run JJ Hospital but doctors were unable to save him.
The official said that Barai, who was lying in a pool of blood at the entrance of the nursing home, was taken to the hospital and was pronounced dead when he arrived there.
It was stated that the bodies would be handed over to their families after the autopsy.
A case has been registered at Kalachowki police station and investigation is ongoing, the official said.
