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The student, identified as Abhijeet Singh Chandel, was admitted to a hospital in a critical condition after a heated argument with a medical shop attendant turned violent.
The law student required 14 stitches to his head after the violent fight. (Representative image)
In a disturbing incident, a 22-year-old law student was admitted to a hospital in critical condition after his stomach was cut open and his fingers chopped off following a heated argument with a medical shop operator in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, according to police.
The student, identified as Abhijeet Singh Chandel, is a first-year law student from Kanpur University. He required 14 stitches to his head after he was embroiled in a heated argument with a shop owner over the price of a medicine, NDTV reported.
The argument escalated into a full-blown fight between the student and the shop attendant, Amar Singh, who called his brother, Vijay, and two others at the scene. The four attacked the law student, after which he fell to the ground with blood trickling down his face.
The attackers overpowered Chandel and hit him in the stomach, then proceeded to cut it open with a sharp object, police said. When the student ran towards his house and shouted for help, the attackers caught him again and chopped off two fingers in one of his hands.
The accused fled the spot after people intervened to save Chandel after hearing his cries. A case was filed and further investigation is underway.
The incident happened days after a six-year-old boy kidnapped from outside his house in Barra locality of Kanpur’s Hardev Nagar was found dead on Friday, according to police. The accused, who lived in the same area, was arrested.
Ayush Sonkar, son of Makhan Sonkar, disappeared around 3 pm on Friday while he was playing outside his home. His family launched a search before alerting the Barra police, who also began searching for the missing child, they said. The police suspect that personal enmity and resentment towards the child’s mother may have motivated the crime.
“Initial findings point to strangulation as the cause of death. The exact cause will be confirmed after the post-mortem report,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Deependra Nath Chowdhary told reporters.
Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international…Read More
Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international… Read More
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