Nitasha Natu, TNN | Mar 24, 2012, 02.17AM IST
MUMBAI: A 23-year-old woman was stabbed in a busy street in Malad (East) in broad daylight on Friday. The accused brandished a chopper at stunned onlookers and fled before anyone could react. His identity is not known. The police said the man could have been motivated by unrequited love.
Seema Parab, the deceased, had been working as an accountant at a beauty salon in Borivli (West) for a year. She was unmarried and stayed at Konkanipada, Malad (East) with her parents and sisters.
Around 9 am on Friday, Seema left home for the salon. As she was walking on Vijay Salaskar Marg to reach the railway station, a man started coming towards her. He held a chopper in one hand and a knife in the other. "Before Seema could realize what was happening, the man stabbed her with the knife twice in the abdomen and then slit her throat. As she screamed for help, the accused waved the chopper at onlookers to scare them. He then turned around and ran, dropping the chopper in haste. We have recovered it from the spot," said a police officer.
After the man fled, onlookers gathered around a profusely bleeding Seema. An autorickshaw driver, Javed Shaikh, saw her writhing in pain and put her in his vehicle. He then drove towards the Kurar police station, which was nearby. On the way, Seema gave him her father's cellphone number. Shaikh dialled it but got no response from Ankush Parab, who works as a watchman and has a heart ailment. "After informing us at the police station, Shaikh took Seema to the SK Patil Hospital in Malad. As her injuries were grave, doctors there suggested that she be moved to the civic-run Bhagwati Hospital in Borivli," senior inspector Subhash Dafle said. At Bhagwati, doctors declared Seema dead around 11am. The body was sent for a post-mortem examination.
"Seema's jewellery was intact, which means that the culprit's intention was not robbery. We spoke to her parents and learnt that she was an introvert and selective about making friends. Though nobody seemed to be aware of any love affair or a boyfriend, it is a possibility we cannot rule out. We are now making inquiries with her colleagues and friends as to whether they were aware of any dispute she could have had," Dafle said; eyewitnesses, too, are being questioned.
Seema had four sisters, one of them married. The police are going through Seema's cellphone records to check who--apart from her family members--she spoke to on the day of the incident and the previous night. A case of murder has been registered against an unidentified person under section 302 of the IPC by the Kurar police. The crime branch is conducting a parallel investigation in the case.
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Seema Parab, the deceased, had been working as an accountant at a beauty salon in Borivli (West) for a year. She was unmarried and stayed at Konkanipada, Malad (East) with her parents and sisters.
Around 9 am on Friday, Seema left home for the salon. As she was walking on Vijay Salaskar Marg to reach the railway station, a man started coming towards her. He held a chopper in one hand and a knife in the other. "Before Seema could realize what was happening, the man stabbed her with the knife twice in the abdomen and then slit her throat. As she screamed for help, the accused waved the chopper at onlookers to scare them. He then turned around and ran, dropping the chopper in haste. We have recovered it from the spot," said a police officer.
After the man fled, onlookers gathered around a profusely bleeding Seema. An autorickshaw driver, Javed Shaikh, saw her writhing in pain and put her in his vehicle. He then drove towards the Kurar police station, which was nearby. On the way, Seema gave him her father's cellphone number. Shaikh dialled it but got no response from Ankush Parab, who works as a watchman and has a heart ailment. "After informing us at the police station, Shaikh took Seema to the SK Patil Hospital in Malad. As her injuries were grave, doctors there suggested that she be moved to the civic-run Bhagwati Hospital in Borivli," senior inspector Subhash Dafle said. At Bhagwati, doctors declared Seema dead around 11am. The body was sent for a post-mortem examination.
"Seema's jewellery was intact, which means that the culprit's intention was not robbery. We spoke to her parents and learnt that she was an introvert and selective about making friends. Though nobody seemed to be aware of any love affair or a boyfriend, it is a possibility we cannot rule out. We are now making inquiries with her colleagues and friends as to whether they were aware of any dispute she could have had," Dafle said; eyewitnesses, too, are being questioned.
Seema had four sisters, one of them married. The police are going through Seema's cellphone records to check who--apart from her family members--she spoke to on the day of the incident and the previous night. A case of murder has been registered against an unidentified person under section 302 of the IPC by the Kurar police. The crime branch is conducting a parallel investigation in the case.
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