As a hard hitting reminder to the deteriorating law and order condition in the city and vanishing fear of police, a rejected lover attacked a teenage girl with sharp-edged weapon in the broad daylight in Gomtinagar. The 17-year-old victim was taken to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital where she died during the treatment while the assailant was overpowered by the local people and handed over to police.

To move forward, on Monday morning, the victim Komal along with her elder sister Mohini (19) was walking up to a local photo studio in Vishal Khand area. The sisters have been staying with their mother and elder brother Ravi in a rented accommodation in Digdiga area of Gomtinagar while their father stays in Gonda, the native place of the family and works as a domestic help. Mohini had passed out of school and was exploring options for higher studies. Komal had just had appeared for her class X exam this year from a school in Narhi area. Her mother asked her to get passport size photograph taken as it was required while filling up forms for various institutes offering higher studies.

Therefore, the sisters left their residence around 10.15am and went to a photo studio located in the neighbourhood near Shankar Chauraha (prominent intersection bordering Vishal Khand and Vikas Khand between Gomtinagar police station crossing and Dayal Paradise roundabout).

Assailant Kamal Tiwari (20) was known to the younger sister and was known to be following the duo. Fact-fully, she had been avoiding Tiwari for the past two weeks, disconsolate Mohini told outside the hospital ward where her sister passed away later. Tiwari, a contractual painter had taken a room on rent in the neighbourhood six months back, Ravi said. Tiwari stayed in the same block as the girl and the two became friends. When Komal's family raised objections, she started avoiding Tiwari.

According to Vidyasagar Mishra, circle official of Gomtinagar police he tried to oppose her on various occasions but was not able to convince her. On Monday, he decided to attack the girl. As a fact, Tiwari wanted to marry the girl but she had asked for more time to come to a decision due to family pressure," added Mishra.

Tiwari opposed her near the photo studio and she told him in clear words to go away. He was known to be carrying the chopper and struck on her neck with it. She started bleeding in great amount as a result collapsed on the road within moments. The locals overpowered Tiwari and informed the Gomtinagar police about the incident.

As a concluding fact, the injured girl was rushed to Lohia hospital and admitted to the emergency ward for treatment but the wound being deadly, she died within two hours of the incident. Police registered a case against Tiwari under murder charges at the directive of the elder sister who was an eyewitness of the incident.

It's really horrifying!

(AW:Samrat Biswas)