A special police squad on Friday evening arrested the prime accused in the acid attack on a girl in the Rajnagar area Alekha Mandal from Baunsgora village under Khejuri police station of East Midnapur district in West Bengal.
Mandal had been in one-side love with 22-year-old Rasmita Mandal of Badanaukana village under Rajnagar police station. He was working as a quack in the village and the girl was his neighbour.
When his proposal for marriage was turned down by Rasmita, Mandal got angry and threw acid on the former through the window of her house on September 5 night.
Police also arrested another accomplice for facilitating the offender’s escape Bhanu Das (35) of Sailendrapur village of Rajnagar area.
According to Kendrapada SP Rabinarayan Behera, Mandal was arrested while he was going to his uncle’s house at Baunsgora village on Friday. It was possible through mobile phone tracking. Three special police squads had been formed to nab Mandal.
Meanwhile, the prime accused has confessed to the crime. He said that after committing the crime, he had managed to flee the spot by hiring a boat with the help of arrested Das and reached Dhamara. From there he reached East Midnapore by bus.
Mandal and Das were produced before a local court of Kendrapada on Saturday, where they were remanded to jail custody after their bail pleas were rejected by the court.