Out of prison for 'good conduct', man stabs girl in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Krishan alias Kake, the burglar charged with brutally assaulting a 12-year-old girl inside her house in Peeragarhi with a pair of scissors after injuring her head with a sewing machine, has been found to be a habitual offender.

In 2006, Krishan was jailed for battering a woman to death with a brick for trying to stop a break-in attempt at Sultanpuri. The same year, he had tried to kill his brother after getting caught stealing from his house. Though he had been imprisoned for life, he was released on bail in 2016 for "good behaviour". However, he went back to committing burglaries in colonies housing labourers. During interrogation, the 33-year-old claimed that he was an alcoholic and would commit burglaries to sustain himself.
Girl continues to be in critical state
Following the altercation with his brother, his family disowned him. He then started living on the footpaths in Mangolpuri and eating at langars.
On Tuesday, Krishan had gone to Peeragarhi looking for a house to burgle. “He would usually target rooms on the first and second floors of houses so that passersby wouldn’t notice him,” said a police officer. However, this time people were present in the rooms on the first and second floors of the house he had targeted. When he reached the staircase on the third floor, he found the door of the girl’s house open and entered inside. There were 18-19 rooms on this floor, all of which were locked. He then started to steal the household items.
The girl soon realised his presence and raised an alarm. Hearing her shouts for help, Krishan hurled a sewing machine at her head. The girl’s parents work at a denim factory, so they had sewing equipment in the house. Despite being injured, the girl grabbed his shirt and tried to hold him back. He then picked up the pair of scissors lying next to the sewing machine and stabbed her multiple times in the abdomen. When she started bleeding profusely, he fled the house.
After scanning through footage of CCTV cameras in the area, police rounded up 150 suspects. Zeroing in on one person was tough as they were all wearing masks. Finally, Krishan was spotted in a video footage walking out of the colony without a handkerchief covering his face. His criminal antecedents gave him away.
Meanwhile, the girl continues to be in a critical condition at AIIMS. She was shifted to the neurosurgery ICU on Friday. She has been put on a ventilator as her platelet count is low. She might undergo surgery after her platelet count improves. No surgery can be conducted immediately as she has swelling in her brain and her blood pressure is not stable.
A team of doctors from neurosurgery, paediatric surgery, and gynaecology departments are monitoring her condition constantly. “The girl’s condition is critical, but salvageable,” said a source.