Doctor stabs female dentist to death, attempts suicide

Srinagar: In a tragic murder case, a 27-year-old female dentist was allegedly stabbed to death by her male friend and he reportedly tried to commit suicide by stabbing his abdomen with a knife in the Janipur area of Jammu, police said on Wednesday. 

While the woman doctor was found dead by the police, her boyfriend, also a doctor, was critically injured from multiple stab wounds and is currently under treatment at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu.

The incident took place when the couple got into a fight over an issue and the man, in a fit of rage, stabbed her with a kitchen knife. Realizing his action after losing her, he tried to commit suicide and posted his suicidal thoughts on Facebook. 

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However, one of his relatives, after seeing the post approached the police. When the police arrived at the accused house, they saw the gate was locked from the inside. After breaking the gate, the police went inside and found the accused critically injured and the body of the doctor lying in a pool of blood. 

She came home on March 7 for Holi and was at her boyfriend's house where they allegedly fought, following which the accused stabbed her.

Police said a 30-year-old male doctor, a resident of Janipura was severely injured when he stabbed himself while his girlfriend, who was also a doctor was stabbed to death around midnight of Tuesday.

“The lady doctor was in Delhi and visited the Janipur area to meet his doctor girlfriend,” police added.

According to a media report in India Today, the body of the girl and the accused was immediately rushed to Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu where the accused is still admitted in ICU as his condition was stated to be critical. However, the body of the deceased girl was handed over to her family after completing all medico-legal formalities.

A case under section 302 of IPC and other relevant sections has been registered while the investigation into the case is in progress.

In an initial investigation, it came to the fore that the deceased doctor and the accused were close friends, and both had been in love for quite some time. Both had done their BDS from Dental College Seohra in Jammu and the girl was pursuing her MDS from a college outside J-K. 

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