Guwahati: In a shocking incident, a man allegedly stabbed his lover with a machete in Tinsukia district of Assam.
The incident took place Margherita on Sunday night.
As per reports, the accused identified as Akash Dutta stabbed his lover.
Following the incident, the injured woman was immediately rushed to a hospital and later referred to Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) for advance treatment.
Speaking to media, the injured woman’s father said, “At around 11 pm, when I was sleeping, I heard my family members shouting. After rushing out of bedroom, I got to know that the boy hit my daughter with a machete when she came out of bathroom. After looking at my daughter in this condition, I took her to the hospital immediately and later they referred her to AMCH. She is still in critical condition.”
“I don’t know the accused personally. I don’t know if they had any love affair between them but I have heard that they went to same institution for Higher Secondary,” he said.
The father added that the same boyhad recently stolen his daughter’s mobile phone, but residents promptly took action and nabbed him.
They later turned him over to police.
It has come to light that the accused was a drug addict.
Akash fled from the scene after committing the heinous crime.