Youth held to kill minor girl
By: admin | Oct. 18, 2022, 5:35 p.m.
A 24-year-old youth was arrested in Ballia district for allegedly attempting to kill a minor girl by strangulating her with a scarf and then cutting her wrists with a blade.
The victim, aged 14, is undergoing treatment with doctors saying her condition was stable.
Police were yet to record her statement.
Police on Saturday had found the victim lying unconscious on a roadside with her wrists slit. Meanwhile, a portion of a shop belonging to the accused, identified as Naushad, allegedly built on government land, was demolished by the district administration, said an official.
