A woman police constable, posted in Dasna Jail here, was attacked with a chopper by her husband in a fit of rage, police said on Friday.
After attacking his wife Sunita late on Thursday night, the man presumed that she had died and reached the police station to surrender and confess to the crime.
Police then took the woman constable to hospital where doctors said she was alive and referred her to another hospital for better treatment, where her condition is said to be stable.
The man, who has been arrested, suspected his wife's character, Superintendent of Police R.K. Pandey said.