Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Jabalpur pub worker stabbed to death by male colleague
A woman who worked at a pub in the city of Jabalpur was hurt with a knife and sadly died.
Police say the person who hurt her was a man who worked with her at the same pub.
The woman's name was Muskan Chaudhary, and she was 20 years old.
The man's name is Pawan Verma, and he was the cook at the pub.
The two had an argument about something at their workplace.
Other coworkers stepped in and calmed them down.
But soon they started arguing again, and during the fight the man hurt her many times with a knife.
Her coworkers quickly took her to the hospital, but the doctors said she had died.
The man ran away, but the police caught him.
Now he is in custody, and a murder case has been registered against him.
A 20-year-old woman, Muskan Chaudhary, was stabbed to death allegedly by her male colleague Pawan Verma at Mahfil Bar in Jabalpur on Friday.
Verma, a cook at the pub, allegedly stabbed Chaudhary multiple times with a knife after the pair got into a second argument around 4:30 pm.
Colleagues had intervened and pacified the two after the first argument, but the pair clashed again during a heated exchange of words.
Chaudhary was rushed to a hospital by her colleagues, where doctors declared her dead after an initial examination.
The accused fled the scene but was later taken into custody; police registered a murder case and sent the body for post-mortem.
- Who
- Muskan Chaudhary, a 20-year-old woman who worked at the pub, and Pawan Verma, a cook at the pub who is the accused.
- What
- Chaudhary was stabbed to death, allegedly by Verma, following repeated arguments at the workplace.
- When
- Friday, August 14, at around 4:30 pm.
- Where
- Mahfil Bar near Deendayal Chowk under Gohalpur police station limits in Jabalpur district.
- Why
- Police say Verma attacked during a heated exchange of words following an argument over an unspecified issue; the original cause is not stated.
- Victim
- Muskan Chaudhary, 20
- Accused
- Pawan Verma, cook at the pub
- Incident location
- Mahfil Bar, near Deendayal Chowk, Gohalpur police station limits, Jabalpur
- Time of incident
- Around 4:30 pm on Friday, August 14
- Weapon
- Knife
- Legal action
- Murder case registered; accused in custody; body sent for post-mortem
- Police official
- ASP Ayush Jakhar
- News source
- PTI via ThePrint