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New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) The man accused of throwing acid on a 20-year-old girl near Lakshmi Bai College in Delhi has been given a clean chit by the police after officials reviewed the evidence which revealed that he was not present at the crime scene.
The acid attack victim had alleged in her complaint that the accused was involved in the acid attack. However, during police interrogation, the accused claimed that he was not present at the crime scene and was in Karol Bagh for work.
According to police officials, CCTV footage from Karol Bagh area shows the accused riding a motorcycle when the incident took place near Lakshmibai College. On the basis of this footage, the police has so far given a clean chit to that person.
Apart from this, the acid attack victim’s father Akil Khan has been arrested for sexually assaulting the accused’s wife.
The confirmation of the arrest, made by senior officials of the Bharat Nagar police station late on Monday evening, marks a significant turn in the investigation already mired in contradictions, family vendetta and competing stories of persecution and revenge.
Khan, a 45-year-old factory owner from Mukundpur, was found hiding in a relative’s house in neighboring Ghaziabad following a tip-off from the local intelligence network.
According to police sources, he is being taken back to Delhi under heavy security cover for intensive interrogation, which is expected to begin in the early hours of Tuesday at the station’s interrogation room.
Authorities suspect his involvement in arranging elements of the incident or preparing details to strengthen the initial complaint, although no formal charges have been filed against him yet in the acid attack FIR.
The case came to light around 10:52 am on October 26, when the victim – a second-year student of the Board of Non-Collegiate Women’s Education, affiliated to Delhi University – was admitted to Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital with severe burns on both her hands and minor lacerations on her stomach.
Forensic analysis conducted by the Forensic Science Laboratory confirmed that the liquid was a powerful acid, causing five percent burns primarily due to the spontaneous shielding of his face with his bag.
The case was registered as FIR No. 605/2025 under sections 124(1) and 3(5) of the Indian Code of Justice, in which crime scene teams searched the area near the college gate in search of remains and eyewitnesses.
–IANS
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