Man arrested for trying to kill girlfriend at Bandra Bandstand

The police have arrested the man under charges of attempt to murder and making further investigation, confirmed DCP zone-9 Krishnakant Upadhyay. The victim woman is stable now.

According to the Bandra police, Lubna Javed Sukte, 28, a Kongaon, Kalyan resident, has been in love relationship with the accused Aakash Mukherjea, a resident of Khadakpada, Kalyan, since past many years.

On Wednesday after touring Gateway of India and Girgaon Chowpatty, both reached Bandra Bandstand in the evening.

As per the police complaint, at the Bandra Bandstand Mukherjea told Sukte that to marry her he has converted from Hindu to Muslim. He further told her that he would show his conversion certificate to her aunt and take permission to get married.

At around 10pm Sukte told him to let’s leave for home. She stated in the FIR, “This is when Mukherjea’s behaviour got completely changed and he told me that- ‘Not now, wait for sometime. Now we will make love. I’ll drop you home in private vehicle.”

But she refused to stay and told him that she wants to go home and started weeping.

Mukherjea then gagged her and when she started screaming he allegedly tried to strangle her, the police said.

“He dragged me by my hair and banged my head against the ground and then also tried to drown me in the gutter. I screamed for help and then locals gathered at the spot. But Mukherjea lied to them saying that I am felling again and again on the rocks. But, I told them that he is bashing me. Mukherjea then tried to escape in towards the sae,” Sukte stated in the FIR.

Locals helped her in coming out, called the police and she was rushed to Bhabha hospital in an auto-rickshaw.

She sustained injuries on her eyes and nose and bled profusely. But she is stable now.

Later, police arrested Mukherjea and further investigating him.