India, July 2 -- A 29-year-old woman and her sister-in-law were severely injured after a man allegedly attempted to sexually assault one of them and later attacked both with an iron rod in Faridabad's Ballabhgarh last week, police said on Tuesday. The suspect, believed to be in his early 50s, is currently absconding.

The attack occurred between 9am and 10am on June 25 in Jawan village, but the First Information Report (FIR) was registered at Chhansa police station only after the survivor, who sustained critical injuries, was able to give her statement on Monday.

According to investigators, the survivor - a teacher at a private school - had gone with her sister-in-law to her husband's farmland to check on crops and borewell equipment.

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