Overview
- The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. on January 1 at the woman’s Santacruz East home after she invited the man over for New Year sweets.
- The Vakola police registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for grievous hurt by dangerous means and criminal intimidation.
- The victim fled the residence and was treated first at V N Desai Hospital before undergoing surgery at Sion Hospital, where doctors say he is recovering.
- Reports consistently describe a six-to-seven-year extramarital relationship in which the woman allegedly urged the man to leave his wife and marry her.
- Accounts differ on the suspect’s status, with PTI-cited reports saying she was arrested and multiple local outlets reporting she is absconding as police search for her.