Indian jailed in Canada for viciously stabbing daughter

Toronto, Jan 10 (PTI) An Indian was sentenced to 52
months in prison for attempted murder of his 14-year-old
"disrespectful daughter" in Alliston near here.

Kamal Khanna, 46, a banker who moved to Canada from
India in 1982, was sentenced for viciously attacking his teen
aged daughter Ashna Khanna in her sleep two years ago, the
Edmonton Sun reported on Sunday.
According to the report, Ashna woke up to see her
father standing over her bed, stabbing and punching her on
March 4 two years ago.
"In terror she fled to her sister's room but he chased
her and continued to punch and stab her in the face, head,
chest and abdomen in front of her 10-year-old sister," it
said.
The father left only when the young victim went down
on the floor pretending to be unconscious. The girl was rushed
to hospital where she underwent multiple surgeries.
Khanna, later, told police that he intended to kill
Ashna because she was often disrespectful. He also told the
Court of Justice Michelle Fuerst that he was suffering from
schizophrenia.
The girl's mother, Sangeeta, in her victim impact
statement to the court said she will never forget being at
work when her youngest daughter called, screaming, "Daddy is
killing Ashna!" She rushed to her Alliston home to see her
daughter covered in blood being removed on a stretcher. PTI
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