Hyderabad: A suspected psychopath spread terror at the Secunderabad railway station, killing a six-year-old girl in broad daylight, before the eyes of several passengers and the child’s relatives.
The assailant caught hold of the child while she was standing with her grandmother near the ticket counter on platform number 10. He dragged her away and stabbed her repeatedly on her head, neck, face and back with a knife. He then tried to run away but was chased and caught by passengers and the railway police.
The man has been identified as Kumar from Chittoor. The victim, K. Priyadarshani, died before she could be taken to hospital.
Next: Victim was going to Solapur
Victim was going to Solapur
Hyderabad: Priyadarshani, who was killed by a suspected psychopath on Tuesday was about to travel by the Rajkot Express to Solapur in Maharashtra to attend a marriage. Her father Srinivas came to see them off. The family, natives of Siddipet, were living in a flat at Gangaputra Colony in Ramnagar in Musheerabad.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place after 12 pm when Srinivas was waiting in the queue to buy a train ticket. “The kid was standing with her grandmother. The assailant came up to them, snatched the kid, dragged her for a little distance, and stabbed her with a knife,” said Secunderabad railway police officer.
Srinivas rushed to rescue the child. The attacker pushed the girl to the ground and started running, warning passengers who were chasing him to stay away by brandishing his knife. He tripped and fell and other passengers overpowered him. Police said that during interrogation, the accused Kumar behaved abnormally.
Since he sustained injuries during the fall, he was taken to a hospital. “As per the initial inquiry, he is a native of Chittoor, and he told us his name was Kumar. He is behaving abnormally and not revealing any other information as of now,” said S. Tripati, superintendent of police, Secunderabad railway division.
Police have booked a case against him for murder, and started an investigation. They are checking CCTV footage to find out how long he was roaming around the area.
