'Father poured chemical on daughter to implicate others'

NEW DELHI: In a surprising turn of events in the Delhi acid attack case, police on ‘Tuesday claimed it was the father who had poured a chemical on the hand and the bag of his 20-year-old daughter to implicate those who filed rape and acid attack complaints against him a few years earlier.

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According to a Delhi Police officer, the father, along with his brother and son, had devised the plan to frame others, He then carried out the act himself to mislead investigators, the officer said.

“The father poured a chemical on his daughter’s hand and bag near Ashok Vihar and escaped on a motorcycle. He orchestrated the entire plan with the help of his brother and son,’ said the officer.