A 58-year-old woman Congress leader Madhvi Rane was attacked by an unidentified person near her residence in Goregaon West. The incident took place around 8.30 pm on October 4, when she was on her way to her house from her office. According to sources, Rane was walking home after locking her office at Siddhartha Nagar circle, when someone attacked her from behind with a sharp object.

Hearing her screams, people nearby rushed to her help and took her to a nearby hospital where she is recuperating. The attacker fled the scene of the crime before he could be nabbed.