Teenage girl hacked to death outside her school in MP

Anuppur (MP), February 23

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly hacked to death with a sword by an unidentified man outside her school at Kotma town here in the district, the police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Thursday morning when the girl, a student of Class 12, was on her way to school to appear for her exams, they said.

According to police, as per the information provided by the victim’s family, a man was stalking her for quite some time.

“The suspect was following the girl on Thursday as well. When she reached near school, he suddenly struck the girl on her neck with a sword three to four times, killing her on the spot,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Jain said.

A school teacher, who witnessed the incident, raised an alarm after which the man fled from the spot leaving the blood-stained sword behind, the SP said.

The school authorities informed the police.

The police said they had recovered the body and also seized the sword from the spot.

“Based on the inputs provided by the victim’s kin, the police have rounded up some suspects and the interrogation is on,” the SP said.

A case under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC had been registered, the police said. PTI