A man today took a woman hostage in her house in Bhopal this morning. Police said that the man claimed that he loved the woman and wanted to marry her. The woman works as a model. Police said that they reached the spot after getting information about hostage but they could not act fast fearing harm to the woman held hostage.

The man has been violent as police said, "When we tried to barge in, he threatened us. We saw the girl, she was covered in blood."

Meanwhile, the accused asked the police for a stamp paper and a mobile charger. Police personnel are trying to rescue the girl. The accused has been communicating with police through video-call. He has a country-made pistol and a pair of scissors in his possession. The accused threatened to kill the girl and self if police tried to barge in the house.

The accused has been identified as Rohit, who hails from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. He is also a small-time model in Mumbai. He claimed that he met the woman in Mumbai during one of the modeling assignments. According to police, the woman has been held hostage for over 10 hours.

The accused has locked himself in a house with the woman and refuses to let her go. (Photo: Twitter/@ANI)

Reports suggest that the hostage is the daughter of a former BSNL additional general manager. Police have called it a case of one-sided love affair. The man seems to have been stalking the woman for past several months.

The woman's family had lodged a complaint in January this year against the accused. He had been arrested in April in this connection.

Rohit entered the woman's house this morning at around 6 o'clock. The woman is said to have opened the doors for him. But once he entered the house, he locked himself and the woman and insisted on taking her to Mumbai. He claimed that he visited the woman's house to marry her.