Woman attacked by unidentified man in Delhi mall

New Delhi, January 3 

A 23-year-old woman was severely injured after she was allegedly attacked by an unidentified man at a prominent shopping mall in east Delhi on the New Year’s Eve, the police said today.

The incident took place on the evening of December 31 when the woman came out of the mall's washroom and the unidentified man allegedly pushed her and attacked with a blunt object, police said.

Victim Deepika has been admitted to a hospital with injuries on her head while the man still remains on the run.

The police said the suspect was captured by a CCTV camera installed in the mall but he was yet to be identified as no one known to the woman could identify him.

The woman, who works for a private firm in Lajpat Nagar, lives with her family in East Delhi's Chander Nagar.

On the evening of December 31, she had got a call from her family asking her to join them at V3S Mall in Preet Vihar.

The police said the woman arrived at the mall by Metro from her work place and joined her family for the outing. When she came out of a washroom in the mall, she was suddenly attacked.—PTI