Undergraduate girl stabbed in Ghaziabad college

A young student in a Ghaziabad college was stabbed in the neck here on Tuesday. The alleged attacker later tried to kill himself, police said.

The incident occurred on Tuesday inside SD Post Graduate College under Kotwali police station of this city.

According to police, when Pratibha Yadav (22), a B.A. first year student, reached college at about 11 a.m., a student of the same college, of M.A. Ist year, stabbed her in her neck. As she collapsed and thinking she was dead the student, who was identified as Prashant, tried to stab himself. But he was overpowered and handed over to police by other students.

"We have registered the case and investigation is being conducted. Primarily it seems a case of love affair. But the final outcome could be revealed only after the completion of the investigation," said Superintendent of Police, City, Salman Taj Patil.