India, Aug. 25 -- A 35-year-old woman from Delhi sustained severe injuries after she allegedly jumped out of a moving e-rickshaw to escape a sexual assault attempt in Meerut's Kankerkhera area on Saturday night. Two men were later arrested in connection with the incident.

Police said they have booked a case of attempt to murder under Section 109 of the BNS. In the FIR, she said she had come to Meerut at the invitation of her friend for a birthday party at a hotel. After the party ended, she left on foot. An e-rickshaw driver offered her a lift when she was attempting to reach Anand Vihar in Delhi.

Apart from the driver, two men were seated in the e-rickshaw. So, she sat in the vehicle's front seat on the driver's insistence, but soon fo...