New Delhi: An 18-year-old Delhi University student needed 38 stitches on her waist after she was attacked by an unidentified youth with a sharp object in North Delhi’s Timarpur on Thursday afternoon. The police said that the girl was attacked after she countered a snatching attempt. However, the victim’s family suspects it is a stalking case.
“I sent a police team to the spot immediately after the incident. It seems that the thief attacked the girl after she resisted a snatching attempt. But we are probing the case from other angles also,” said Jatin Narwal, DCP (North).
“We have spoken to the victim in detail about the incident. We are also preparing a sketch of the attacker to arrest him at the earliest,” Mr Narwal added.
However, the victim, who is a first year student at Zakir Hussain Delhi College, said that she remembered seeing the suspect with some other youths in her locality, twice or thrice in the last few days. His activities never aroused any suspicion.
The victim was on her way to the college at around 3.20 pm on Thursday. She was walking along a lake in the nearby Nehru Vihar neighbourhood when the attack took place. She also claimed that no one helped her catch the attacker.
“Suddenly, a youth in his early 20s approached me from behind and attacked my waist with a sharp object. He ran away immediately after that,” the victim said. On seeing her bleed, some passerby called the police. By the time a police team reached the spot, the girl had been moved to a hospital.
“I received a long cut on my waist and was given 38 stitches. But now I am recovering,” said the girl who has returned home from the hospital. The police said the wound appeared to be inflicted by a blade.
“No CCTV camera is installed near the area where the incident was reported. We have rounded up several bad characters from the locality to get a clue about the attacker. An FIR under Section 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC has been filed at Timarpur police station,” said Mr Narwal.
