The Gautam Nagar police on Friday nabbed a 41-year-old man who was reportedly involved in an acid attack on his 38-year-old wife at Military Gate on September 30.
The victim Jaya lalwani was attacked with acid in the evening on September 30 and later lodged a complaint with the Gautam Nagar police.
In her complaint, she stated that while she was on her way to market, two bike-borne miscreants came and attacked her with acid but they failed to throw the acid as the bottle slipped from their hands. I must be written here that acid attack on women has risen exponentially in the recent past. and the government has ,from time to time, taken strong measures against it.
Investigating Officer SI Raees Ahmed Khan said that the victim has been harassed for dowry and a case of dowry has been registered against the accused husband. The husband wanted the victim to withdraw the case but failed and facilitated the acid attack. She spotted her husband on other vehicle who threatened her to withdraw case or face dire consequences.
The accused is a resident of Jehangirbad while the victim’s parents live in Gautam Nagar and that she had moved to her parents house after the accused used to harass her for dowry. The dowry case is in the court and accused was pressurising the victim to withdraw, he added.
Police said that the two attackers would be nabbed soon.
The accused has been nabbed and he would be quizzed in the further investigation regarding the incident and those who helped him in the crime.
Based on the complaint and after the preliminary investigation, a case under section 294, 506, 109, 190, 195 and 34 of the IPC has been registered.