A mother in India has reportedly cut off her boyfriend's "private parts" - and she says she has no regrets.
The 36-year-old woman claims he tried to rape her 14-year-old child - but that she caught him "red-handed".
According to a report by The Times of India, the woman had lived with her boyfriend for two years after separating from her alcoholic husband.
She had been out working on a farm all day when she claims she came home to find her boyfriend attacking her teenage daughter.
"I was working in the farm when the incident took place. Fortunately, I returned home in the nick of time and caught him red-handed," the unnamed woman told the outlet.
She continued: "He even attacked me while I was trying to save my daughter, so I brought a knife from the kitchen and chopped off his private parts to teach him a lesson."
The woman added that she had no qualms over her actions, saying: "I have no regrets for what I did."
Police in the Mahewaganj region of Uttar Pradesh – an area east of New Delhi - were called to the scene, where they arrested the 32-year-old man on rape charges.
"The 32-year-old accused has been booked under section 376 (rape) of IPC and the Pocso act," said a spokesperson from the Lakhimpur police station. They added that the man was immediately sent for medical treatment as a result of his injuries.
"Since his condition was critical, he was referred to Lucknow for higher treatment," they said.
It has not yet been confirmed whether or not the mother will face charges for mutilating her lover. However, per a report by Fox News, the act of cutting a partner's genitals or "bobbitising" (named after the infamous 1993 incident where John Wayne Bobbitt was separated from his manhood by his then-wife Lorena as he slept) has some precedent in India, where other women have gone to similar lengths when under threat.
In 2018, a 47-year-old woman in Mumbai reportedly cut off the penis of a man who was allegedly stalking her. Police arrested both the woman and her two accomplices, who helped her lure him into an isolated spot, where he was attacked.