A 46-year-old widow was stabbed by an unknown man at Deuli the under Dharmasala police station in Jajpur district as she resisted his sexual advances on Thursday afternoon.
The victim was going to village Choramuha, and the culprit offered her lift on cycle. But on the way he tried to rape her, which she resisted. The man then stabbed her in the stomach and private parts before fleeing.She was found lying in a pool of blood and took her to the hospital, said Dharmasala police station IIC Prasanta Kumar Majhi on Friday.
The victim’s brother Shyamasundra Nath filed an FIR regarding the incident at the police station on Thursday night.She was rushed to the Dharmasala hospital in a serious condition before being shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, where she is fighting for her life.