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Baharampur:
A 30-year-old woman's mouth and tongue were seriously bruised when a man attacked her with a weapon as she resisted a rape attempt at Hukahara in Murshidabad district, police said today.
The incident occurred yesterday when the woman was grazing her cattle in a field and the man made an attempt to rape her.
As the woman put up a fight, the man beat her mouth with a sharp weapon before escaping.
The woman suffered serious injuries in her mouth and tongue, they said.
The woman's husband filed an FIR, but the accused was absconding, police said.
The incident occurred yesterday when the woman was grazing her cattle in a field and the man made an attempt to rape her.
As the woman put up a fight, the man beat her mouth with a sharp weapon before escaping.
The woman suffered serious injuries in her mouth and tongue, they said.
The woman's husband filed an FIR, but the accused was absconding, police said.
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