A 24-year-old man was on Tuesday arrested after he allegedly attacked his girlfriend with a hammer, police said. A resident of Sarojini Nagar area in Delhi, the accused was identified as Nishant Saini, who had hit on the head of the victim for ending their relationship, they said.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Devender Arya, Saini had attacked her several times with the hammer in a hotel after she ended the relationship with him, the victim alleged in a statement.
She said she ended the relationship because Saini did not have any job and when she told him about it, he got infuriated.
The woman told police that Saini even lied about clearing an audition for a TV serial in Mumbai.
The two were in relationship for last eight years.