Girlfriend stabs South Korean man to death after spat over drinking in Noida

Noida: A 47-year-old man from South Korea, employed with a logistics company in Greater Noida for the past 10 years, was allegedly stabbed to death by his girlfriend at their Sector 150 flat in the early hours of Sunday after an argument over his drinking habits. The woman then called his driver and, along with him, took the bleeding man to hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. She has been detained for questioning.Duck Hee Yuh of Cheongju-si in South Korea and Lunjeana Pamai (22) from Bishnupur in Manipur were in a live-in relationship and stayed in a flat in ATS Pious Hideways.On Sunday morning, police received information about Hee's death from Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), where he was taken to after being stabbed."A team reached the hospital and learnt that the South Korean national was in a live-in relationship with his girlfriend for the past two years," said Sudheer Kumar, ADCP (Greater Noida).Initial investigation revealed that the two had met at a party in Gurgaon before entering the relationship. While Hee worked in Greater Noida, Pamai was not employed yet.Asked about the trigger behind the fight, Kumar said Hee had been drinking since Saturday morning, which angered his girlfriend."Between 3am and 4am, Pamai tried to stop him from drinking. She asked him to have dinner and go off to sleep. But Hee became aggressive, which led to a heated argument between the two. It soon escalated into a physical fight, and Hee thrashed Pamai badly. In retaliation, she picked up a knife from the dining table and stabbed Hee a number of times in the chest," the officer said.As Hee slumped to the ground, Pamai called his driver, Mandeep Singh. "She asked him to come to the flat. When Singh arrived early in the morning, Pamai told him everything. Singh called an ambulance and took Hee to hospital along with Pamai. By the time they reached GIMS, Hee had died. When his girlfriend came to know about Hee's death, she quietly left the hospital without informing anyone," the ADCP said.According to police, Hee's family in South Korea has been informed and they are on their way to Noida. Singh lodged a complaint, following which a case was registered against Pamai under Section 103 (murder) of the BNS at Knowledge Park police station.Quoting the driver, another police officer said the two fought frequently, often over "trivial matters". Singh also referred to an incident from last month, when Hee became aggressive all of a sudden and abused his girlfriend. "We have initiated an investigation into the sequence of events that led to the murder. Pamai has been detained for questioning," the officer said.