A man in Jajpur district on Wednesday allegedly tried to kill a young woman entering into her house as she had earlier rejected his love proposal. The accused was later nabbed by locals and handed over to police.
According to reports, Swagat Nayak of Kujibar village in the Kuakhia area was having a one-sided love affair with the young woman of the village. On August 31, he had misbehaved with the woman and was arrested after her family members lodged a complaint with police.
Nayak, after being released on bail on Tuesday evening, went to the woman’s rented house in Jajpur town on Wednesday and allegedly tried to kill her by strangulating.
The woman was initially admitted to the Jajpur Town hospital in a critical condition and later shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack for better treatment.