Ludhiana, May 24 -- A woman was brutally attacked by her husband, Salim Mohammad, near Golden Palace in Khanna on Thursday evening. The victim, Jasmine, who was returning from work, was intercepted by Salim on an unnumbered motorcycle before he assaulted her with a sharp weapon in public.

According to police, Salim, a resident of Mahauli Kalan, had been pressuring Jasmine to withdraw a pending criminal case against him. When she refused, he pushed her to the ground and slashed her neck twice, leaving the weapon embedded. Bystanders rushed her to the hospital, where she is now in stable condition.

Inspector Sandeep Kumar, station houser officer of Khanna police station, said that Jasmine was previously married to Rahimdin Khan and had fo...