A 26 year old married woman from Delhi died of injuries that were sustained after being attacked with acid. The accused Montu from Delhi’s Bawana area, poured acid on her as she rejected his marriage proposal. He is said to have called the woman on some pretext and asked her to leave her husband and marry him. When she refused, he tied both her hands, threw acid on her and fled from the spot.
The accused Montu has been arrested by the police. The woman sustained third degree burns on her face, neck and body after being attacked by the accused. It is said that the accused lived in the same locality as her and was known to her family.
The woman succumbed to the injuries yesterday evening. The accused has been booked under various sections of the IPC including section 302.
The woman’s husband is a daily wage labourer in Bawana Industrial Area and they have 3 little children- a daughter aged 9 and two sons aged 6 and 5 years.
