Madhya Pradesh News | Man Stabs Ujjain Student 14 Times In 47 Seconds For Rejecting His Advances

A 19-year-old college student was intercepted by a man on a road in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, on Friday. The two spoke briefly before the man launched a frenzied attack, stabbing the woman 14 times in 47 seconds and leaving her fighting for her life in the hospital. The accused, 21-year-old Sunil Jaroliya, was arrested within three hours of the attack. Police revealed that he wanted to marry the woman; when she rejected his advances and refused to speak with him, he allegedly committed the crime. After the attack, he tried to flee from the police and fractured his leg jumping over a wall. The survivor, Pooja alias Gungun, is a first-year B.A. student from Bapu Nagar. She worked as a computer operator at a pharmacy in Dawa Bazar. At around 12:45 pm on Friday, she was walking to work when the accused allegedly intercepted her near Madhav Club. He attacked her after failing to coax her into talking to him. She sustained grievous injuries to her abdomen, neck and hands.