Mumbai: As the nation seethes with anger over the gang-rape and torture of a para-medical student in Delhi, a 19-year-old girl, who was repeatedly stabbed by her jilted lover, lost her three-day battle for life in Mumbai on Tuesday.
She was in a precarious condition at a Bandra hospital and was on ventilator.
"The victim died early this morning," Namdev Chavan, Zonal Deputy Commissioner of police said in Mumbai.
Bankar, 22, had also repeatedly stabbed himself and died from self-inflicted wounds at the time of admission to a hospital.
According to police, Bankar had accosted the girl and three of her friends while they were on their way to the classroom on the morning of December 22.
He then stabbed himself 4-5 times and also slashed his throat.
She was in a precarious condition at a Bandra hospital and was on ventilator.
"The victim died early this morning," Namdev Chavan, Zonal Deputy Commissioner of police said in Mumbai.
Bankar, 22, had also repeatedly stabbed himself and died from self-inflicted wounds at the time of admission to a hospital.
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According to police, Bankar had accosted the girl and three of her friends while they were on their way to the classroom on the morning of December 22.
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He then stabbed himself 4-5 times and also slashed his throat.
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