India, May 9 -- A 22-year-old woman who sustained critical throat injuries after being attacked by her male friend in the Chandan Nagar area and had been battling for life for the past nine days in a private hospital, succumbed to her injuries on Friday, the police said.

The attack was reported at around 8.30 pm on April 29 at the residence of the victim, Ujaladevi Jaswantsingh Dohare, originally from Uttar Pradesh. The accused, Dilip Ramesh Rathod, 30, currently staying at Lohegaon and originally from Hingoli, was arrested by the police on Sunday. He has been remanded to police custody till May 10.

According to the police, the accused and the victim were working together at a shopping mall in the locality where they initially became ac...