Overview
- The Vakola police arrested 25-year-old Kanchan Mahto at Kurla railway station after she returned from Ghaziabad, according to officials.
- An FIR was registered on January 1 and police later added an attempt-to-murder charge before a court remanded her to judicial custody.
- The victim, identified as 44-year-old cab driver Joginder Mahto, was hospitalized after the assault and doctors advised surgery, police said.
- According to the complaint, the woman allegedly called him to her Santacruz East residence around 1:30am on New Year’s Day and stabbed his genitals with a knife.
- Police recorded the victim’s statement and said both individuals are married with children; the investigation remains ongoing.