Mumbai: Man held for attacking estranged wife with knife

A man was arrested in Dombivali, Thane district, for reportedly using a knife to beat his  estranged wife and their child. The woman, who lives with her mother in Karnataka, had come to the accused’s home for the marriage anniversary of their son on Wednesday, police said.

The accused and the woman had an argument, after which he attacked her with a knife. Their son, who intervened, was also injured. Both are hospitalised, the official said.

On the complaint of the son, the man has been booked for voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon, criminal intimidation and other offences but the latter is yet to arrested, the Dombivali police station official added.