Raipur: A person was arrested for allegedly attacking a minor woman with a sharp-edged weapon and in addition dragging her on the highway within the Gudhiyari space of Chhattisgarh`s Raipur, police stated on Sunday.Sensation gripped the Gudhiyari space of Chhattisgarh`s capital on late Saturday night when a middle-aged man was seen dragging a 16-year-old minor woman with a number of stab wounds by hair.
The incident got here to mild when a video of the incident went viral on a social media platform prompting the native police to launch a probe into the incident.In the preliminary investigation, police recognized the sufferer in addition to the accused following which an offence on this connection was registered with Gudhiyari police station beneath the related Section of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Arms Act, a police officer stated.
The police stated that the situation of the woman was said to be important and beneath fixed remark of docs. According to Raipur`s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prashant Agrawal, the sufferer was working on the store of the accused who was recognized as Omkar Tiwari alias Manoj (47). “As the incident came to light, police immediately swung into action and arrested the accused assailant,” the SSP stated.
Sharing particulars in regards to the incident, the SSP stated that aggrieved by the sufferer`s proposal to give up the job and different points, the accused had attacked the minor woman. Meanwhile, police sources averred that the accused had allegedly proposed to marry the minor woman and the identical was declined by the sufferer`s mom. Aggrieved by the refusal, the accused attacked the minor woman with a sharp-edged weapon and dragged her by her hair in large public glare.Further investigation into the matter is underway.Â
