MARGAO, JUNE 13
Apparently jilted by the victim girl, with whom he was reported friendly for around two years, a 28-year old boy stabbed to death a 24-year old girl Matrubia Shaikh in broad daylight near the Old Bus stand, Margao on Sunday evening.
Incidentally, this is the second killing of a girl in Salcete in the last one month over love turned sour story – the first one being the cold-blooded killing of Wilma Colaco in Cuncolim last month.
In the instant case, the accused Abhijit Patil, a native of Ratnagiri, but presently staying at Rawanfond, stabbed the girl hailing from Kargil in the jurisdiction of Maina Curtorim police station, with a small knife which he was carrying on his person.
Eyewitnesses said that even as the victim collapsed on the ground, the accused made an abortive bid to flee from the spot, but was nabbed by the public, before he was handed over to the nearby Margao police station.
Police sources informed that the boy and the girl were working in a city-based hotel and had developed friendship over the last two years. The friendship turned sour in recent times after the accused left the job. It is learnt that the boy suspected that the victim had jilted him and had reportedly made attempts to win her back, but in vain.
On Sunday evening, the victim girl, after her duty in a city-based hotel, boarded a bus near Ana Fonte garden and alighted in the city near the Communidade building. She then headed towards the area near the State Bank of India to hire a motorcycle, where the accused suddenly appeared and told the pilot not to reach her home.
Sources said the accused and the deceased had a verbal duel for some time and in a fit of rage, the accused removed a small knife he was carrying on his person and stabbed the victim on her neck and other parts of her body.
The footwear and an umbrella were found near the spot where the victim collapsed following the stab blows.
Margao Police station incharge, PI Santosh Desai said that preliminary investigations reveals that the accused and the deceased were working in a city hotel and had developed friendship, but their love went sour in recent times.
Replying to a question, PI Desai said the police has recovered the small knife from the possession of the accused. He said the victim died on the way to the hospital.
The accused is cooling his heels in the lock-up, even as the police has registered a case of murder against him. Further investigations are on.
