Delhi Stabbing Case: Woman Who Was Stabbed 20 Times by Jilted Lover Recounts Horror, Says 'Don't Want Him to Come Out of Jail'
Prachi Malik was attacked by one Gaurav Pal in a busy street at Lado Sarai in south Delhi in the wee hours of October 10 while she was walking towards her cab to go to work.
New Delhi, October 20: Prachi Malik, who was stabbed at least 20 times by a jilted lover in Delhi, has recounted what she had to experience and wishes that the culprits never walks out of jail. Prachi Malik was attacked by one Gaurav Pal in a busy street at Lado Sarai in south Delhi in the wee hours of October 10 while she was walking towards her cab to go to work. Malik's hands sustained significant injuries as she raised them to shield her eyes during the attack. Pal had threatened Malik and said he would come and attack her again if she survived.
Prachi Malik who was released from hospital on October 18 narrated her harrowing experience to Times Of India. She said that Pal had snatched her phone when she was walking towards her cab while talking to the driver over the phone. Assuming he was a thief, some people caught him. However, they released him once Malik had got her phone back. But, Pal followed her and attacked her after some time. He pulled her hair and tried to grab her laptop. Malik somehow managed to escape and ran towards the cab. Delhi Shocker: Spurned Lover Stabs Woman for Turning Him Down, Dies by Suicide in Begumpur.
Pal pushed her, pulled out a knife and started stabbing her. "He tried to stab my eyes and I put my hands to protect them. He ripped my face and attacked me everywhere," Prachi Malik told the media outlet. The attacks ended only when Pal was pinned down by locals and the cab driver. The victim fears that he would attack her again if he comes out of the jail. "I don't want any woman going through an ordeal like this," Malik said. According to doctors she will take six more months to recover. The victim had recently shifted to her new house along with her family in Delhi's Lado Sarai, but Pal managed to get hold of the address and perused her there. Telangana Shocker: Jilted Lover Stabs Female Teacher With Knife in Kukatpally for Rejecting Marriage Proposal, Tries To Die by Suicide.
The 23-year-old asserted that she had met Pal in 2021 and their relationship started. But, within a year she decided to break up with Pal due to his obsessive behaviour and his continuous nagging about Malik quitting her job. Since then, she had maintained distance from Pal.
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