India News | Three Injured in Sickle Attack in Thane
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A woman, her minor daughter and a security guard were injured when a man allegedly attacked them with a sickle in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Thursday.
Thane, Feb 16 (PTI) A woman, her minor daughter and a security guard were injured when a man allegedly attacked them with a sickle in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Thursday.
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The incident took place at around 2 pm on Wednesday when the 32-year-old woman and her six-year-old daughter were at their farmhouse in Dohala Pada hamlet and a probe was on to ascertain the motive behind the attack, an official from Murbad police station said.
A security guard who rushed to rescue the woman and her daughter was also attacked by the accused, he said.
The three injured persons were admitted to a hospital in Ulhasnagar, he said.
A case was registered against the accused under various Indian Penal Code sections, including attempt to murder, the official said, adding no arrest has been made so far.
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