SHILLONG, OCT 6: A 26-year-old Reliance Trends employee was stabbed by a miscreant while returning home from work in Nongmensong on Monday night.
SP City Dangsan Khyriem said the Nongmensong outpost received information around 9.10 pm about the incident.
The victim was on her mobile when an unidentified person snatched her phone.
When she resisted, he assaulted and stabbed her before fleeing with the device.
She managed to return to her workplace, from where coworkers shifted her to NEIGRIHMS.
Her condition is stated to be stable.
The accused, Sagar Gunni (32), a homeless person, has been arrested but is currently admitted at Civil Hospital after being thrashed by passersby.
The SP urged citizens to call emergency helpline 112 in such situations and said police have intensified nakas and patrolling across the city.
He said drug addiction is a multi-agency problem that needs coordinated action.
