Faridabad, March 20 A young man was arrested after allegedly forcing a woman to ingest a poisonous substance after she refused to break off an engagement with another man, police said on Friday.
The woman, who lives in a village in Palwal district, works as a teacher in a private school. According to police, the incident took place in Faridabad on Thursday.
Based on the woman's complaint, an FIR was registered against the young man at Sector 58 police station on Friday.
According to the police, the woman had been in a relationship with Monu Bhati, a resident of Noida, for the past eight years. In January this year, her engagement was finalised elsewhere. Following this, she stopped communicating with Monu Bhati.
Meanwhile, after learning of the engagement, Monu went to meet the woman at her school on Thursday and, under some pretext, took her in his car and drove her to a flyover near Kaili village, she said.
"During this time, Monu pressured me to break off the engagement, but I flatly refused and also refused to communicate with him in the future. Angered by this, Monu took a packet of poisonous substance from his car and forcibly put it into my mouth. Then, he swallowed it himself," the woman alleged.
"Within a short time, both of us started to feel unwell. Seeing the situation worsening, Monu took me in his car to a private hospital," she said.
After getting information, a team from Sector 58 police station reached the hospital and recorded the woman's statement and an FIR was subsequently registered against accused Monu Bhati, police said.
"A case has been registered against Monu Bhati based on the woman's complaint. Both are currently in stable condition. A probe is underway," a police spokesperson said.