A 23-year-old man allegedly killed a Dalit woman with a knife in Ram Shahpur village here, police said on Saturday. The man, Sanjay Kumar, slit the throat of 18-year-old Kavita Friday in his house, then tried to kill himself also with the same knife, Additional Superintendent of Police, Amethi, Harendra Kumar on Saturday said. Â
Sanjay, who injured himself seriously in the purported suicide attempt, was sent to a trauma centre in Lucknow for treatment, Kumar said. Â
Prima facie the incident seems to have taken place because of a fall out of a love affair, the ACP said. The body of the victim has been sent for a post mortem examination, and the matter is being probed, he added.