Mumbai: A police team will head to Bihar to look for the 25-year-old mother of two who allegedly slashed her lover’s private parts with a sharp weapon after he refused to leave his wife and marry her. The incident took place after the New Year celebrations at her Santacruz residence in the wee hours of Thursday. Police said they are also scanning closed-circuit television footage of the area to track her escape route.Vakola police have booked the woman under non-bailable offences of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 118 (2) for grievous hurt involving weapons, which attracts punishment of life imprisonment or one to 10 years, and a fine.The 42-year-old victim is the brother of the accused’s sister-in-law and they have been in an extramarital affair for the last seven years, said police. Police said the accused had wanted to marry him, but he refused to leave his wife and children. When his wife found out about their relationship, she started quarrelling with him. In his police complaint, the victim said that he then asked the accused to “understand the situation”. The accused then left for her hometown in Bihar, but returned a month later, on Dec 19. On Dec 24, the victim once again “tried to make her understand the siutation” as both had children and families, he told the police.Around 1.30am on Jan 1, the accused invited him to her residence “to have sweets” to celebrate the New Year. “When the victim tried to leave, she allegedly used a sharp object to slash his private parts. She just fled with her two children aged four and seven,” said an officer. Police are scanning closed-circuit television footage of the area to track her escape route.The victim, who was bleeding profusely, alerted his son and brother who rushed him to V N Desai Hospital. He was later referred to Sion Hospital where he was immediately taken for surgery. His condition is stable, said police.
