Times News Network Kanpur: A female shopkeeper and her little daughter was attacked by local residents belonging to other communities with a knife because they refused to give cigarettes on credit in the Jajmau area at the end of Thursday night.
The defendant escaped when the crowd gathered.
The girl suffered serious injuries and was treated at the Lajpat Rai hospital for treatment by the police.
Heavy police forces were deployed in the area.
Somvati Nishad, a resident of Sanjay Nagar from Jajmau, run Pan Masala Shop outside his home.
He has three daughters of Lakshmi, Chutki and Roshni.
Princess Tempaku Lakshmi married.
Somvati told the police that on Thursday night Thursday Raju, from other communities living in the area came to his shop.
“He asked for a cigarette from his daughter.
When he asked him money, he said that he would give him later the girl refused to give him a cigarette.
He harassed him and left,” Police said.
After some time, the defendant took a knife from his house and attacked the girl with it repeatedly.
Hearing the girl’s scream, another family member ran to save him.
The defendant then attacked the girl’s mother too.
ADCP East Result Meena arrived at the place to investigate this problem.
After that heavy police forces were deployed.
The Chakei police station was responsible for Madhur Mishra, said that in the complaint Somvati, a case had been registered with the defendant Raju, his wife and mother to try to kill.