Maharashtra: Man stabs girlfriend, her mother in Thane; held

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A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing and injuring his girlfriend and her mother over a petty argument at their house in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Friday.

The incident took place around 9.45 am on Thursday when the 18-year-old victim was in her house in Ghodbunder Road locality in Thane with the accused Suresh Ramdas Wadekar and her mother, an official said.

The accused wanted the victim to accompany him to his house and stay there. But the victim was reluctant and said she would accompany him once it stopped raining, he said.

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The accused got annoyed and took a big knife from the kitchen and attacked the victim, and the latter's mother when she tried to intervene, the official said.

The mother and daughter were rushed to a local hospital, where they are undergoing treatment, he said.

A case under section 326 (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) against the accused, who also sustained injuries, he added.

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