New Delhi: A 21-year-old woman was attacked by a man, with whom she reportedly had broken her engagement, inside her house in outer Delhi's Sultanpuri area on Saturday evening.
Police said they have arrested the accused, identified as Lucky, adding that he had used a blunt object to attack the woman.
Lucky and the woman had reportedly got engaged in August 2016. However, after realising that the youth used to often misbehave with the woman, her family called off the engagement.
Police claimed that the incident was reported on Saturday evening, when the girl was preparing a meal for her family.
Police said that Lucky barged into the victim's house, closed the kitchen door and went on to attack the woman with the blunt object.
The victim's family members claimed that she was alone in the kitchen when the accused attacked her.
Her father was in the hall of the residence, while her sisters were busy doing household chores.
Talking to Millennium Post, the woman's father said that while he was sitting in the hall, he they heard her daughter crying for help.
They reached the first floor of the house, where the kitchen is situated, and broke open the door to find Lucky attacking the woman.
The family members caught hold of him, subdued him and made a PCR call, after which police team reached the spot and took Lucky away.
"When we entered the kitchen, blood was all over the place. Lucky was holding my daughter's hair and attacking her with the weapon which he had brought with him," said the father.
He further said, "Since the attack, she is not eating anything. She was attacked brutally by Lucky. He used to threatened my daughter, but I never taught he would take such a step."
The victim is currently in hospital, receiving treatment for the injuries in neck, face and hands.
The girl lives with her family in Sultanpuri area, while her father works as a mechanic.
The father also said that earlier he had thought of getting the two married. But he soon realised that the Lucky was not fit for his daughter.
On January 31, he told the accused and his family that he was calling off the engagement. "Lucky did not like this and started harassing my daughter," said the father.
A senior police officer from Outer district said they have arrested the accused and a case under the appropriate section of the Indian Penal Code has been registered.
"Investigation is going on in the case," said the officer.