Tirurangadi: Tirurangadi police registered a case against a young man in the incident of stabbing a woman passenger in a K Swift bus. A case was registered for attempted murder. Tirurangadi CI KT Srinivasan stated that the young man attacked the young woman with a knife that he kept in his bag.
The incident happened when he reached Malappuram Venniyur on his way from Munnar to Bangalore. After the attack, the young man cut his own throat. The young woman was stabbed in the chest. Sita, a native of Guthallur, was assaulted by Sanil. It is indicated that the attack was pre-planned. The woman boarded the bus from Angamaly. When they reached Venniyur in Malappuram, the young man came from the back seat and stabbed the woman in the chest. They were immediately taken to the hospital by passengers and bus staff. Both were shifted to a private hospital in Tirur after initial treatment and later to Kozhikode Medical College.
It is reported that Sita and Sanil were acquaintances before. The young man’s condition remains critical.
