Sales girl and her friend booked by Sudduguntepalya police for assaulting cloth store owner on pretext of dating and lured to meet

Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar 

The Sudduguntepalya police have registered a attempt to murder case against a sales girl for the attack on a 59-year-old man through her friend.

The victim,Hitendra Kumar,owner of a cloth store in Jayanagar,was lured to meet the accused under the pretext of dating only to be attacked by her friend.

Senior officer told reporters,the accused worked in Hitendra’s store for few months and quit.On September 14th,Hitendra had called the woman to meet him,and they met at a park in BTM Layout.

During the meeting,Hitendra proposed to her following which she reportedly accepted the proposal.Hitendra met her again the next day.As they were sitting and talking on a park bench,the woman’s male friend Siddu armed with a knife confronted Hitendra .

An argument broke out between the three,leading Siddu to stab Hitendra multiple times in his stomach and back and the duo fled the scene .

Passers-by rushed Hitendra to a near-by hospital and later he filed a complaint with the police.The police have registered a case of attempt to murder and investigating to ascertain the reason behind the attack .