A national-level volleyball player was hacked to death while she was practicing at Notunpukur in the outskirts of Kolkata on Friday.
14-year-old Sangita Aich, was a Class 9 student who played volleyball twice at the national level and thrice at the state level.
Police said Subrata Sinha (20), the attacker was furious over Aich rejecting his advances several times in the recent past.
Police said that, Sinha arrived at the practice camp on Friday evening and demanded Aich to speak to him. When she refused, he advanced towards her with a cleaver.
According to NDTV, the girl’s coach, Swapan Das tried to save Aich by trying to beat Sinha back with a chair. A frightened Aich ran for her residence, located barely 100 metres away, but Sinha caught up with the girl and allegedly hacked her to death.
“If Tina had stayed with me, he would have had to kill me first. And he may have too,” NDTV quoted Das.
The assailant after hacking the girl, brandished his bloodied weapon at bystanders and escaped from the spot.
Sinha, a resident of Shyamnagar in North 24-Parganas, is also a national-level volleyball player. Police said they have launched a manhunt for him, and raided several places, including his residence.
Aich’s relatives have alleged that Sinha threatened her on several occasions in the past and complaints were made to the police, which were ignored.
