Meerut: In a shocking incident, a 32-year-old harasser attacked and grievously injured a 25-year-old girl and her 50-year-old mother with a sword in a busy market area in Saharanpur’s Nanauta locality on Saturday. The accused later climbed the roof of an acquaintance's house and slit his own throat using a razor. All three were rushed to Saharanpur Medical College where their condition remains critical, police said.

The man, identified as Wajahat Khan, was jailed six months ago for harassing the same girl and was out on bail.

A case under IPC’s section 307 (attempt to murder) has been lodged against the man and an investigation has begun, local police said.

According to the witnesses, Khan attacked them multiples times with sword inflicting serious injuries. The victims were rushed to hospital with the help of passers-by and the local police was alerted. According to the police, after attacking the women, Khan went to an acquaintance’s place, climbed the roof and slit his throat in an attempt to kill himself.

“Six months ago, Khan was jailed for harassing the same girl. He was allegedly in a relationship with her until a few years ago. After he was spurned, he had attacked the girl and her mother at their house earlier this year too,” Saharanpur SSP Dinesh Kumar P said.

Subsequently, Khan was arrested and sent to jail. Police claim that he was out on bail and decided to go after the girl in a premeditated plan.

“The girl and her mother have received serious injuries on head and hand. While the daughter has shown signs of recovery, the woman continues to be critical. She has been put on ventilator,” the Saharanpur SSP said.

Khan, too, has been referred to Meerut after his condition deteriorated.

The incident comes as a chilling reminder to one of the most horrific and brutal cases of stalking in UP where a 15-year-old girl, a student of class IX, was chased by her stalker who pinned her to the ground and chopped off one of her hands with a sword in full public view in a busy Lakhimpur Kheri area in August last year.

