Mumbai:
Actor Malvi Malhotra was attacked with a knife allegedly by an acquaintance for turning down his marriage proposal. The actor suffered stab wounds in the attack on Monday night and has been admitted to a hospital, where she is recovering, the police said.
The man, who reportedly came in a luxury car and stabbed her, fled after the attack. He has been identified as Yogeshkumar Mahipal Singh.
The police have filed a case against him and started a hunt to arrest the accused.
According to the details in the FIR (first information report), the incident took place a day after Ms Malhotra returned from Dubai. On Monday around 9 PM, the suspect allegedly attacked her with a knife, when she was going home from a café in north Mumbai’s Versova area.
According to the actor’s statement given to the police, she and Singh had known each other for a year, and were friends. However, Singh wanted to marry Ms Malhotra, but the actor had turned him down and stopped speaking with him, the actor told the police.
On Monday, Singh came in an Audi car, stopped Ms Malhotra and reportedly questioned why she had stopped speaking with him. When the actor turned down his advances, he stabbed her and sped away, the police said quoting the actor.