A female accused of stabbing and injuring a youth in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district has been arrested, police said.
Srinagar Police taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, said, “One person Adil Ahmad Kaloo of Bemina Srinagar was stabbed by knife by his fiancée Asifa Bashir of Parimpora in broad daylight in Chattabal. The injured is stable.”
“The lady was engaged to victim & nikaah had also taken place. FIR No 57/2023 in Safakadal PS. Accused lady arrested (sic),” it said.
Later in a press release, police said that by prima facie the stabbing was the result of an altercation arising due to the objection of the victim regarding her job.
“As per initial reports, the victim reached the place where the accused was recording a video report. There was a tussle and the woman stabbed the victim,” the statement reads. (with GNS inputs)