MUMBAI – An Indian woman cut off the penis of a man who had been stalkingher, before rushing him to hospital to save his life, police said Thursday.
The 47-year-old woman and two men lured her neighbour to an isolated spotin Mumbai before hacking off his genitals.
“We have arrested the woman and two accomplices and she has accepted it washer plan to chop off the stalker’s penis because of his constantharassment,” Senior Inspector Gajanan Kabdule told *AFP.*
The 27-year-old neighbour had sought sexual favours from the woman – amother of two – and told the woman’s husband he was in love with her, whichled to a fight between the couple, Kabdule said.
The woman then allegedly sought help from two young men in theneighbourhood. They contacted the victim and lured him to an industrialzone on Tuesday, the officer added.
The woman then took the lead in cutting off the stalker’s genitals in thestreet before rushing him to hospital.
“We recovered the knife and genitals and all three accused are in policecustody,” Kabdule said, adding that an investigation was underway. Policehave not identified the woman or the stalker.
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Media reports said the injured man underwent life-saving surgery.
“The man is stable now and recuperating in hospital but his family is inshock,” Kabdule said.
In 2017, an Indian woman cut off a man’s penis after he tried to rape herat her house in the southern state of Kerala.
India has a grim record of sexual violence. On average, more than 100 rapeswere reported each day in 2016, according to the most recent officialfigures. – APP/AFP
