A 32-year-old man has been arrested by the Bhiwandi Police in Thane for allegedly stabbing and causing grievous injuries to his girlfriend, after she refused to elope with him, the police said on Friday.

According to the police, The incident took place around 7.30 am on Thursday, when the accused Rajesh Bharti accosted the 30-year-old woman who was on her way to work and attacked her with a knife. In the incident the woman serious sustained injuries, the station house officer of Bhiwandi police station told the PTI.