A 23-year-old youth was arrested on Thursday for allegedly attacking a girl with a sharp-edged weapon in the Ghazipur area of East Delhi after she turned down his marriage proposal, police said.
According to the police, Wasim had attacked the girl on June 6. At around 11:30 am, PCR received a call saying a girl was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon and admitted to lal Bahadur Shastri hospital.When police went to check on her, she had already been referred to Guru Teg Bahadur hospital for further treatment. In her statement to the police, the girl said Wasim had barged into home carrying a chopper.
He struck her twice on the head and forehead, causing grievous bodily harm. "After the attack, Wasim had attempted suicide twice - by consuming poison and jumping into a canal, but he survived both attempts," Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Ajay Kumar said. During interrogation, Wasim had confessed to hiding in Meerut, Hapur and Bijnaur in Uttar Pradesh.