Odisha: 20-yr-old woman stabbed to death by boyfriend in Berhampur

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Published By : Sourav Prakash Das | July 2, 2025 11:24 AM

Berhampur, July 2: In a gruesome incident, a 20-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her boyfriend in Vaidyanathpur area of Odisha’s Berhampur.

The accused has been identified as Abhaya Kumar Sahu (22) and the incident took place at Pushpanjali Guest House near Bus Stand in Vaidyanathpur area on Tuesday.

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As per reports, Abhaya and the victim had been childhood friends. However, their relationship became strained after Abhaya lost his job and the victim started getting marriage proposals. 

Though the exact motive behind the gruesome killing is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that Abhaya might have killed the victim in a fit of anger. 

Sources said that Abhaya came to the guest house with the victim at around 11 a.m. and checked into room number 112. Later, Abhaya left the guest house by himself. When he didn’t come back for a long time, the staff checked the room and found the woman had been attacked. 

Thereafter, they alerted the Gosaninuagaon police. The woman was taken to the hospital, but she died on the way.

Upon getting the information, the Berhampur Superintendent of Police (SP) and the South Zone Inspector General (IG) arrived at the scene and launched a probe into the matter.

The cops sealed the room where the incident occurred, and seized the victim’s body. Later, it was sent for post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death.

Till the last report came in, police have detained the accused and further investigation into the matter was underway.

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