Police on Friday submitted a chargesheet for the Anandapur incident where a woman was allegedly assaulted and forced out of a Honda City and then another woman who tried to rescue her was hit by the car as it tried to speed away.

The accused — Abhishek Pandey — has been charged with attempt to murder, outrage of modesty of a woman, voluntarily causing hurt, rash and negligent driving, causing grievous hurt by doing a rash and negligent act so as to endanger human life or personal safety of others.

If convicted, Pandey could be sent to jail for up to 10 years.

Earlier, the policehad booked Pandey under IPC section 308 (attempt to culpable homicide not amounting to murder). In the chargesheet, the section has been amended to 307 (attempt to murder). Officers said Section 307 of the IPC was tougher than 308.

“Initially, we had thought that the woman who was assaulted and the accused barely knew each other. After assaulting her, the man was in a hurry to escape and accidentally hit Nilanjana Chatterjee (who rushed to the rescue of the other woman) while fleeing,” said an investigator.

“But later we learned that the two (the accused and the assaulted woman) knew each other for years and there was no reason for him to drive the car in such a rash manner. So, a harsher section (attempt to murder) has been invoked.”

The incident happened close to midnight on September 5 off EM Bypass, in front of Abhudoy housing complex in the Anandapur area. Chatterjee, who was in her car, heard screams of a woman from inside a Honda City.

Chatterjee’s husband Deep Satpati had driven their car in a way that it blocked the Honda City’s way before Nilanjana stepped out. The next moment, the other woman was allegedly pushed out and the vehicle sped off, hitting Nilanjana.

Chatterjee suffered fractures in her left tibia and fibula and underwent surgery to fix the bones.