In a shocking incident, a man allegedly cut off the nose of a woman with a sickle in a village, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
According to reports, the accused attacked her to take his revenge for filing a molestation complaint against him, police said on Tuesday.
The accused attacked her when she went to a market on Monday evening.
The victim, who fell unconscious after the attack, is under hospital care, police said.
The accused, Rajesh Kumar, had been booked for molesting a woman from her village three years ago, Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sanjeev Bajpai told PTI.
On Monday evening, when the woman was going to a market to shop, Kumar attacked her with a sickle and sliced her nose, he said.
Police have registered a case against Kumar, who is absconding, he said.
(With PTI input)
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