Ludhiana, May 31 -- A man was booked for allegedly assaulting a 21-year-old woman after she declined his marriage proposal and severed contact with him in Prem Nagar. The woman sustained injuries to her jaw and lost three teeth in the incident, police said on Sunday.

The Division Number 2 police registered an FIR against the accused, identified as Abhishek, a resident of the same locality. He is employed as a Class IV worker at a private bank and is currently absconding.

According to the complaint, the accused and the woman had come into contact after exchanging phone numbers and remained in touch for some time. The woman alleged that the accused later began pressuring her to marry him.

After she refused and blocked his number, he alle...