A 45-year-old man allegedly stalked a woman and attacked her with a sickle in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place in Mokhada taluka on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, and a manhunt has been launched for the absconding accused, an official said.
The accused Tulshiram Narge, a resident of Jandyacha pada, allegedly entered the victim's house when her husband was away and made advances at her, he said.
When the woman protested, the accused attacked her with a sickle and left her severely wounded before fleeing the scene, the official said.
The woman was rushed to a hospital in a critically injured state, he said, adding that a case has been registered against the absconding accused under section 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC
