TV actress Malvi Malhotra stabbed by a producer for rejecting 'marriage proposal'

In a shocking incident, a producer named Yogesh Mahipal Singh allegedly stabbed TV actress Malvi Malhotra with a knife in suburban Andheri after she turned down his marriage proposal, police said on October 27, 2020. The incident took place around 9 pm on October 26 in Versova area of Andheri when Malvi Malhotra was returning home from a cafe. The accused, Yogesh Mahipal Singh, who was in a car, stopped her on the way and asked why she had discontinued talking to him, a police official said. This led to an argument between them and the accused stabbed Malhotra with a knife in the abdomen and on both hands and fled, he said. The actress was rushed to a private hospital where she is undergoing treatment, the official said. "We have registered an FIR against Singh under various Indian Penal Code sections, including 307 (attempt to murder) and are conducting an investigation into the case," Versova police station's senior inspector Raghvendra Thakur said. The actress told the police that she knew the accused since last one year and he wanted to marry her, but she rejected the proposal, another official said. Reportedly, Malvi knew the attacker, who is said to be a producer, and came into contact with him through social media in 2019, said a report in Times of India. She met the producer in person in January this year. Malvi Malhotra has worked in theatre for three years before making her small screen debut with ‘Udaan’ in 2017. Apart from the Bollywood film ‘Hotel Milan’, Malvi has also worked in Tamil movies ‘Ondikku Ondi’ and ‘Unadhan’. (All photos: Instagram)

Picture of Malvi Malhotra, who is currently admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai.