Mumbai: Actress Malvi Malhotra was stabbed with a knife by an associate for rejecting his marriage proposal. The actor suffered stab injuries in the attack on Monday night and has been admitted to a hospital, the police said. The man, who came in a luxury car and stabbed her, escaped after the attack. He has been recognized as Yogeshkumar Mahipal Singh.
“The crime took place under the Versova police’s outskirts. A case of attempt to killing and stalking has been lodged against him. We have started a probe to capture the man,” Mumbai Police spokesperson S Chaitanya said. According to the details in the early information report, the incident took place a day after Ms. Malhotra returned from Dubai. On Monday around 9 PM, the suspect attacked her with a knife, when she was going home from a café in north Mumbai’s Versova area.
As per the actress’s report given to the police, she and Singh had known each other for a year and were friends. Singh wanted to marry Ms. Malhotra, but the actress had rejected the proposal and stopped speaking to him. On Monday, Singh came in a car, halted Ms. Malhotra, and questioned why she had stopped speaking with him. When the actor refused his advances, he stabbed her and fled away, the police said.
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