Jaipur:

A woman and a man were detained for allegedly throwing acid on a narcotics department officer on Thursday in Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh, police said.

SP Pratapgarh Vineet Bansal said that the initial investigation revealed that the woman and the officer knew each other. However, the exact reason is yet to be ascertained.

He said that the woman and her companion stopped the Narcotics Department Sub-Inspector Harshvardhan’s car near Bamotra. After talking for a while, the accused threw acid on him and fled, Bansal said.

The victim was rushed to a hospital and is undergoing treatment, he said.

The accused were detained and further investigation is underway, he added.

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Mumbai:

18-year-old woman suffered serious injuries after an unidentified person entered her house in the early hours of Wednesday and threw acid on her in Malegaon town of Maharashtra, police said.

Her parents were also injured in the incident that took place around 2.30 am in Islambad area of Malegaon in Nashik district.

The intruder entered the house when all three were asleep, and threw hydrochloric acid on the young woman who is a college student. He also threw acid on her parents before fleeing.

All three victims are undergoing treatment at the government hospital in Malgaon.

The identity of the assailant as well as possible motives were not known yet, and the woman’s statement was yet to be recorded, said the police official.

A First Information Report was registered at Malegaon Killa police station under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 124 (1) (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid) and 333 (house-trespass after preparation for assault).

Further probe was on, the official said.

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Kasaragod:

A man has been arrested for accidentally throwing acid at his son in Kerala, police said on Sunday.

According to police, the man had attempted to throw acid at his estranged wife, but she managed to run away and it landed on their son, who suffered burn injuries.

The incident happened under Chittarikkalil police station limit here on May 9.

The accused Surendranath (50) ran away soon after the incident and was arrested on Saturday, police said.

“There had been issues between the man and his wife for some time. He tried to hurl the acid-filled ball at the woman. She somehow managed to run away but it fell upon the son,” a police officer said.

The son was admitted to a hospital with burn injuries and he is recovering, the police added.

The accused has been booked under IPC Section 326 A (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc), police said.

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