A 39-year-old man was arrested by the Banjara Hills police for allegedly attacking an elderly woman while she was walking in the KBR Park in Jubilee Hills here. The woman is the wife of a retired IPS officer.
Banjara Hills inspector K Srinivas said that the accused G. Venkata Ramana, a mentally challenged person, attacked the woman with a stick for no reason. The incident took place around 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. He said that the accused, a resident of Ibrahimpatnam was arrested by the police and produced before a local court. “As he was mentally challenged, the Judge referred him to the Institute of Mental Health for check up,” police said.