Man booked for stabbing ex-girlfriend multiple times, attempting suicide

Bengaluru, Jul 10 (PTI) A man working as a driver was booked for allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend, an 18-year-old woman, multiple times at her house and attempting suicide by inflicting injuries on himself, police said on Friday. The incident occurred around 9.30 am at Ramagondanahalli in Varthur on Thursday, they said. According to police, the accused, Bande Nawaz, allegedly entered Nandita Das's house and stabbed her on the neck, hands, palms, ribs and thighs with a knife. He later inflicted injuries on his own neck in an apparent suicide attempt, a senior police officer said. The woman's parents were away at the time of the incident. Police said the accused had allegedly locked her two younger brothers inside a room before attacking her in the hall, police said. Despite sustaining multiple injuries, the woman managed to run out of the house and screamed for help, they said. Neighbours alerted the police, who rushed to the spot and shifted both the woman and the man to separate hospitals. A senior police officer said the two had studied together at a private school and had known each other for the past three years. Preliminary investigation revealed that they were earlier in a relationship. However, the woman allegedly rejected his marriage proposal after her parents fixed her marriage with another man. Upset over the rejection, the accused allegedly attacked her before attempting suicide, police said. Police said Nawaz was working in Nellurahalli, Whitefield, as a driver, and was staying in Tubarahalli, Varthur. The injured woman is undergoing treatment at Manipal Hospital and is recovering, while the accused is being treated at Vaidheyi Hospital, they said. A case has been registered under Section 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (attempt to murder) and further investigation is underway, police added. PTI AMP ADB