<p>An official on Wednesday said that a 19-year-old man allegedly repeatedly slashed a 36-year-old woman after she resisted his attempt to rape her in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/dhananjay-munde-should-be-made-co-accused-in-case-linked-to-beed-sarpanch-murder-congress-leader-vijay-wadettiwar-23494404" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar</a> district, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>Accused Abhishek Navpute targeted the woman in the Ghardon area of the district, the official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>According to police, Navpute had been stalking the woman for the past some time despite her not responding to his overtures.</p>
<p>Navpute allegedly tried to strangle and rape the woman when she was working in a field on Sunday. When she fought back, he attacked her with a knife multiple times till she collapsed. The woman suffered about 15 wounds, the official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Assuming that the woman had died, Navpute fled from the spot. Later, the woman's mother-in-law spotted her and took her to a hospital. The woman became conscious on Monday night and told <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-budget-session-2025-cm-fadnavis-states-36-murder-cases-were-registered-in-beed-from-january-to-october-2024-23494193" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">the police</a> about the attack, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Navpute was tracked down and arrested from a farm on Tuesday, the official added.</p>
<h2>One held for torturing OBC man in Maharashtra; activists stage protest</h2>
<p>A man belonging to an OBC community has allegedly been tortured and branded with a hot rod by two brothers over a dispute in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-man-held-from-jammu-and-kashmir-for-murdering-co-worker-in-thane-23490031" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Jalna district</a> following which police have arrested one of the accused, officials said on Wednesday, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Some clips of the incident, which took place last week, have gone viral on social media, sparking outrage and prompting activists of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) to stage a protest on Tuesday and demand immediate arrest of the absconding accused, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The victim was going to offer prayers in a temple on the occasion of Mahashivratri last week at <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/teenager-stabbed-to-death-in-maharashtra-after-instagram-post-dispute-one-arrested-23480593" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Janephal village</a> in Bhokardan tehsil here when the two accused, who had an old dispute with the man, intercepted him and picked up a quarrel with him, as per the victim's complaint to police.</p>
<p>The accused forcibly took the victim to the temple's kitchen, stripped him and branded him with a hot rod on his thighs, stomach and knees, the complaint alleged.</p>
<p>The victim suffered severe injuries and was rushed to a hospital for treatment.</p>
<p>One of the accused was arrested on Monday, while the search was on for his brother, Paradh police station inspector Santosh Mane said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Some clips of brutalities committed by the accused went viral on social media.</p>
<p>OBC activists Laxman Hake and Deepak Borhade, and local functionaries of Prakash Ambedkar's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-woman-found-murdered-in-farmland-in-nashik-district-23468921" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi</a> staged a protest here on Tuesday, demanding immediate arrest of the other accused, reported PTI.</p>
<p>They also met police authorities and urged them to take strict action against the accused.</p>
<p>Talking to reporters on Tuesday, Borhade said it was an inhuman act and the police should immediately arrest the absconding accused and take stringent action against the culprits.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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