An alert police constable on Wednesday rescued a 25-year-old woman who was attacked by her boyfriend with a knife in suburban Wadala, an official said. The woman and the police constable sustained serious injuries in the incident and were admitted to a hospital, the official said.

The constable, Mayur Bandu Patil, deputed at the Wadala Police Station, intervened and saved the woman when she was attacked by her lover, suffering injuries in the process, he said.