Ludhiana, Aug. 10 -- The Basti Jodhewal police have arrested a 26-year-old man on charges of attempting to sexually assault his landlord's wife and attacking her husband with a hammer when he confronted him. The injured man is undergoing treatment at a hospital.

The accused, Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Pandarwal village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr), operates a sewing-machine manufacturing unit on the ground floor of the complainant's house. In her complaint, the 32-year-old woman alleged that the accused had attempted to sexually assault her several times when her husband was away at work. She alleged that she told her husband about the matter on August 8. Her husband subsequently confronted the accused, following which a...