A girl student of the Brahmapur University was allegedly attacked by a jilted lover in the university campus on Saturday evening.
According to reports, the girl, a History Department student, was talking with two friends near the department when three bike-borne youths came and one of them called the girl who is an inmate of the Mahendratanaya Hostel.
After sometime a spat ensued between them and the girl returned. However, the accused youth attacked her with a knife from behind injuring her in her shoulder and hand. This was suspected to be fallout of a one-sided love affair.
The accused fled from the spot. Basing on the victim’s complaint, an FIR was lodged at the Gopalpur police station. Police visited the spot and recorded the statement of the girl and launched a manhunt to nab the trio. The university authorities have tightened the security in the campus.
Meanwhile, the girl’s parents took their daughter home at Khallikote.