The Delhi College scholar, who alleged an acid assault, had lied on directions of her father, who needed revenge in opposition to a rape criticism, police stated.
The coed’s father was arrested on Monday for allegedly fabricating the acid assault with a bathroom cleaner, and raping the spouse of the person his daughter accused of throwing “acid” at her, PR reported earlier.
The police stated the rape accused was apprehended from Sangam Vihar, the place he had been hiding after a rape case was filed in opposition to him. Throughout questioning, the person allegedly advised investigators that he and his daughter fabricated the acid assault story to falsely implicate the girl’s husband and his two kin, all of whom have been concerned in authorized and private disputes with him.
Police stated two days earlier than the alleged acid assault, on Friday, the spouse of the identical man had lodged a criticism accusing the daddy of the 20-year-old of rape and blackmail. She advised police that she had labored at his manufacturing unit between 2021 and 2024, throughout which era the person allegedly raped her and threatened her with non-public pictures and movies.
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When referred to as for questioning in that case, the rape accused despatched his lawyer and an Islamic preacher as an alternative of showing himself, prompting police to launch a search. He was finally tracked to Sangam Vihar and arrested late Monday.
Twist in Delhi acid assault case
The case took a dramatic flip only a day after the coed alleged that three males on a bike had hurled acid at her whereas she was on her technique to faculty. She was admitted to RML Hospital with burn accidents on her palms.
On Sunday, DCP (Northwest) Bhisham Singh initially said that the alleged attacker had been “stalking her for months”.
By Monday, nevertheless, police stated their probe discovered “contradictions” in her story. “In the course of the investigation, a number of info have emerged that contradict the model said within the criticism. We’ve CCTV digital camera footage and name element data (CDRs) that problem her assertion,” stated particular commissioner of police (regulation and order) Ravindra Singh Yadav.
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The investigator cited above stated they now imagine that the girl used a bathroom cleaner taken from her residence to injure herself and stage the assault.
The person she accused of stalking her, a painter by occupation, appeared on the police station voluntarily on Monday. “This was confirmed by CDR evaluation of his cell phones, CCTV footage and witness statements. Additionally, the bike, which was talked about within the criticism, was additionally noticed in Karol Bagh in the course of the incident,” DCP Singh stated.
In the meantime, the 2 different males accused within the acid assault case have been verified to have been in Agra with their mom on the time of the incident. Police stated the girl, who’s distantly associated to the rape accused, had herself been a sufferer of an acid assault in 2018 and is at present embroiled in a property dispute with him.
