Chhattisgarh:A 35-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh has succumbed to her injuries she had sustained after a stalker, who was arrested earlier for shooting her obscene video, attacked her with a sickle on December 6, police said on Sunday.
The accused Indrapal Tonde (40) was on bail when he repeatedly hacked the woman's face and neck with sickle near Budhwari Bajrang chowk in Korba when she was on her way to work.
"The woman was shifted from a Korba hospital to Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) in Bilaspur district on Saturday evening but succumbed during treatment on the intervening night of Saturday (December 7) and Sunday (December 8)," said Korba Superintendent of Police Jitendra Singh Meena.
The woman had sustained grievous injuries on her neck and face in the attack.
"Tonde was arrested after the attack and has been remanded in judicial custody," he added.
The deceased woman, a resident of Mungeli district, had been residing and working in Budhwari area in Korba after getting separated from her husband.
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Tonde had professed his love to her but she rejected his proposal, according to police.