Thane: Man who stabbed girl to death also booked for suicide attempt

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A 20-year-old man who fatally stabbed a girl in Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday has also been booked for attempting to take his own life, the police told news agency PTI on Thursday.

Accused Aditya Kamble repeatedly stabbed the 12-year-old girl in the presence of her mother for rejecting his proposal for a romantic relationship, at Teesgaon locality in Kalyan, the police told PTI.

The girl succumbed to the stab wounds during treatment.

After attacking the girl, Kamble drank phenyl, a disinfectant, to end his own life, an official told PTI. He is being treated at a hospital.

The station house officer at Kolsewadi police station told PTI that Kamble has also been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 309 (attempt to commit suicide). Initially, a case was registered against him under section 302 (murder).

According to the victim's neighbours, on Wednesday evening, Kamble waited at the building where the girl lived for her to return from her tuition classes.

When the girl and her mother arrived at the building, Kamble pushed her mother and repeatedly stabbed the minor with a knife, leading to her death, the police told PTI.

Meanwhile, a 26-year-old man attached to Maharashtra's State Transport (ST) corporation died after he fell on tracks and came under a moving suburban train when a person punched him during an argument at Sion station here, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official told PTI on Wednesday.

According to the GRP official, the deceased was identified as Dinesh Rathod, while the alleged attacker Avinash Mane (31) and his wife Sheetal Mane (30) were arrested in connection with the incident which took place on Sunday.

The couple alighted from a suburban train at Sion station where Sheetal Mane got into an argument with Rathod, an employee of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), over some issue, he told PTI.

The woman's husband, Avinash Mane, came to find out what was happening when he saw Rathod abusing his wife, the official told PTI.

At this point, a heated argument broke out between Avinash Mane and Rathod. During the verbal altercation, Avinash Mane, in a fit of rage, punched Rathod, who lost balance, fell on tracks and got crushed under a moving suburban train, he said.

The ST staffer was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead, said the official, adding after the incident the couple fled the spot.

After scanning CCTV footage of the station premises and based on information provided by eyewitnesses, the police arrested Avinash Mane from the Dharavi area and later nabbed his wife too, the official told PTI.

The couple was booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), the official told PTI.

(With inputs from PTI)