LLB Student Brutally Attacked with Cleaver in Kanpur, Fights for Life

On October 26, 2025, a horrifying act of violence has sent shockwaves through Kanpur, India. 22-year-old LLB student Abhijeet Singh Chandel was brutally attacked with a cleaver, leaving him in a critical condition.

Abhijeet, a first-year law student at Kanpur University, went to a medical store around 9 pm on Saturday to purchase medicines. What should have been a routine errand turned into a nightmarish ordeal when a heated argument broke out with the shop owner, Amar Singh, allegedly over payment.

The situation quickly spiraled out of control as Amar's brother Vijay Singh and their associates, Prince Raj Srivastava and Nikhil, joined the confrontation. Witnesses say the attackers repeatedly struck Abhijeet with the cleaver, splitting open his head and abdomen. His intestines protruded from the wound, and two of his fingers were severed.

Covered in blood, Abhijeet collapsed on the road, while the attackers fled the scene. Frantic family members rushed him to multiple hospitals, but due to the severity of his injuries, each initially refused admission. Regency Hospital finally accepted him, where doctors performed a two-hour surgery, stitched 14 sutures on his head, and attempted to reattach his severed fingers.

Abhijeet's mother, Neelam Singh Chandel, alleged that the attackers enjoy police protection and have filed a false extortion and robbery case against her injured son to divert attention. She also claimed that one of the accused, Prince Raj Srivastava, has a criminal record and is facing charges of extortion and land grabbing.

The police have registered cases on both sides, and the investigation is ongoing. This brutal attack has left the Kanpur community in shock and Abhijeet fighting for his life.