Delhi Police arrested one accused and apprehended another in connection to a case where a 20-year-old youth was allegedly force-fed acid by a group of men after they got into an argument with him at his shop in South-East Delhi's Sangam Vihar.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-East district, Romil Baaniya, said the arrested accused has been identified as Talib (20) and one Juvenile (15) has been apprehended in the case. Now injured is also fit for statement and he named both.
On July 27, victim Yogesh was allegedly thrashed by a group of men when he was about to close his shop. The accused held him at gunpoint and poured the liquid from a plastic bottle into his mouth."
Balbir, Yogesh's father had alleged that a day before the accused had come to the shop to buy paneer, which was out of stock. He didn't believe Yogesh and insisted upon entering the shop and checking for himself. "When we drove him out of the shop, he threatened to take revenge," he said.
Yogesh’s sister heard her brother's screams for help from an adjoining shop.