Manipur woman left hospital 'quietly': How weekend binge drinking session ended in murder of South Korean man at 3am

NOIDA: A binge-drinking session allegedly spiralled into a fatal confrontation in the early hours of Sunday, when a 47-year-old South Korean national was stabbed to death by his live-in girlfriend at their Sector 150 flat in Greater Noida. The accused, a 22-year-old woman from Manipur, has been detained for questioning.Duck Hee Yuh, a resident of Cheongju-si in South Korea, had been working with a logistics company in Greater Noida for the past 10 years. He was in a live-in relationship with Lunjeana Pamai of Bishnupur, Manipur, and the two had been living together at a flat in ATS Pious Hideways for the past two years.Police received information about Hee’s death from the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) on Sunday morning. “A team reached the hospital and learnt that the South Korean national was in a livein relationship with his girlfriend for the past two years,” said Sudheer Kumar, ADCP (Greater Noida).Initial investigation revealed that the couple had met at a party in Gurgaon before entering into the relationship. While Hee was employed in Greater Noida, Pamai was not working at the time.Explaining the trigger behind the incident, Kumar said Hee had been drinking since Saturday morning, which upset 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 collapsed, 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.Police said Hee’s family in South Korea has been informed and is travelling to Noida. Based on a complaint filed by the driver, a case has been registered against Pamai under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Knowledge Park police station.Quoting the driver, another police officer said the couple often fought over “trivial matters” and referred to an incident last month when Hee allegedly became aggressive and abused his girlfriend. “We have initiated an investigation. Pamai has been detained for questioning,” the officer said.