Sambalpur: Three days after being stabbed by her neighbour over a land dispute in Sambalpur’s Ainthapali area, Payal Das (23) succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, late o
n Monday.
Her mother, Indu (45), who also sustained critical injuries in the incident, is still under treatment.
On June 14, Suraj Hati stopped the mother-daughter duo near Mahamaya temple in Danipali within Ainthapali police limits around 9 am when they were en route to Sambalpur town on a scooter for some work and stabbed them multiple times with a sharp weapon before fleeing the spot. The profusely-bleeding duo was immediately taken to the district headquarters hospital and later shifted to VIMSAR as their condition deteriorated.
Sources said the woman and her daughter were running a tailor shop after Indu’s husband stopped working due to ill health. The duo got into a dispute with Suraj over a plot of land, which they had bought with their savings in their locality, and had frequent quarrels with the accused.
Meanwhile, police have nabbed Suraj and further investigation is underway.