Overview
- The accused, Kannu Dayadham Naganshi, 31, was arrested after a woman was found unconscious with head and facial injuries near a hotel in Majnu Ka Tilla.
- Police say he picked up the woman near Vidhan Sabha metro station on November 21, took her to his home, gave her alcohol, assaulted her, and dumped her outside early the next morning.
- A case under BNS Section 109(1) for attempted murder has been registered, he has been remanded to judicial custody, and a test identification parade is planned.
- Investigators say CCTV analysis and eyewitness accounts led to his identification, and during interrogation he confessed and admitted he tried to rape her when she resisted.
- The woman, believed to be around 30 and not yet identified, underwent a sexual-assault examination with the report pending, and police say further charges may follow.