Acid attack on student staged by father: Cops

The father of a 20-year-old Delhi University student who claimed on Sunday she was attacked with acid outside Lakshmibai College has admitted that he staged the incident to frame three men with whom he had personal disputes, investigators aware of the matter said on Monday.

- Jignasa Sinha

The man, police said, also confessed to raping the wife of one of the men initially accused in the alleged attack.

Senior officers said the rape accused was apprehended from Sangam Vihar, where he had been hiding after a rape case was filed against him. During questioning, the man allegedly told investigators that he and his daughter fabricated the acid attack story to falsely implicate the woman's husband and his two relatives, all of whom were involved in legal and personal disputes with him.

“He admitted that the entire case was orchestrated to settle scores,” said an officer involved in the probe.

The case took a dramatic turn justa day after the student alleged that three men on a motorcycle had hurled acid at her while she was on her way to college. She was admitted to RML Hospital with burn injuries on her hands.