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This is an archive article published on January 10, 2010

Indian jailed in Canada for viciously stabbing daughter

An Indian was sentenced to 52 months in prison for attempted murder of his 14-year-old 'disrespectful daughter' in Alliston.

An Indian was sentenced to 52 months in prison for attempted murder of his 14-year-old “disrespectful daughter” in Alliston near here.

Kamal Khanna,46,a banker who moved to Canada from India in 1982,was sentenced for viciously attacking his teen aged daughter Ashna Khanna in her sleep two years ago,the Edmonton Sun reported today.

According to the report,Ashna woke up to see her father standing over her bed,stabbing and punching her on March 4 two years ago.

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“In terror she fled to her sister’s room but he chased her and continued to punch and stab her in the face,head,chest and abdomen in front of her 10-year-old sister,” it said.

The father left only when the young victim went down on the floor pretending to be unconscious. The girl was rushed to hospital where she underwent multiple surgeries.

Khanna,later,told police that he intended to kill Ashna because she was often disrespectful. He also told the Court of Justice Michelle Fuerst that he was suffering from schizophrenia.

The girl’s mother,Sangeeta,in her victim impact statement to the court said she will never forget being at work when her youngest daughter called,screaming,”Daddy is killing Ashna!” She rushed to her Alliston home to see her daughter covered in blood being removed on a stretcher.

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