Karnataka: Youth stabs woman for breaking off relationship

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Kalasa (Chikkamagaluru): A 20-year-old woman is undergoing treatment in hospital after being stabbed by a youth with a knife for rejecting his love proposal.

The woman, who works in the laboratory of a private hospital, was on her way through a nearby lane when a 25-year-old youth named Mohan attacked her with a knife, stabbing her on the head and back.

According to police sources, Mohan, who hails from Jayapura and the woman had been in a relationship, but after the woman recently rejected him, an enraged Mohan assaulted her with the knife. The youth is absconding, and police have launched a search to trace him.