Shimla, Oct 25 (PTI) A youth attacked a young woman with a sharp-edged weapon in broad daylight in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba town on Saturday afternoon, police said.

The locals apprehended the attacker and rushed the injured woman to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Chamba for treatment, they said.

A case has been registered and the accused has been arrested. A forensics team from Dharamshala collected samples from the spot near the forest guest house in Chamba, Deputy Superintendent of Police Mayank Sharma said. Show Full Article

According to the DSP, the accused hails from Amritsar. He is being interrogated and the motive behind the attack is being investigated, he said.

The woman sustained a critical wound in the attack. Doctors found an 8 millimetre long and 2.5 millimetr

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