Chikkamagaluru: In a incident reported from Mahalgodu in Chikkamagaluru District, a youngster stabbed a young woman allegedly for rejecting his love proposal, on Wednesday here.

The accused has been identified as Mithun, a resident of Gadigeshwar. The injured victim is said to be critical and is being treated at a hospital in Hassan.

According to the reports the victim on Wednesday had gone for a casual outing with Mithun near a river in Kalasa village. Mithun then reportedly proposed her to which the victim refused and spoke about her ex-lover. Irked by this Mithun pushed the victim into the river, when she managed to come out of river, Mithun then stabbed her several times with a knife on neck and her back.

Hearing for her calls for help, the local residents rushed to the spot and rescued the woman and shifted her to a local hospital from where she was taken to a hospital in Hassan for further treatment.

Mithun has since been reported missing and police have begun investigating the case.

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New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi Police team reached the official residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Sunday in connection with its investigation in the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, sources said.

They said the police team collected electronic devices including CCTV DVR (digital video recorder) to potentially get the footage of the alleged assault on Maliwal on May 13 when Bibhav Kumar, Kejriwal's close aide, allegedly attacked her at the CM's residence.

Maliwal has alleged that the CCTV footage of the CM's residence was being tampered with.

Kumar was arrested on Saturday and produced in a court which remanded him in five-day police custody. The sources said Kumar is evasive in his replies during his interrogation.

The Delhi Police booked Kumar for molestation and attempted culpable homicide after Maliwal's complaint.

The FIR includes charges under sections 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 341 (wrongful restraint), 354(B) (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 509 (word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code at the Civil Lines police station.