Twist in Gurugram acid attack: Woman claims ex-boyfriend targeted wrong victim after assaulting her
PTC News Desk: In a major turn of events in Gurugram acide case, the 20-year-old woman alleged that the attacker was her ex-boyfriend who may have mistakenly targeted another woman while trying to attack her. She also claimed that the man assaulted her before coming to hospital looking for her and targeted the wrong woman.
“My former boyfriend also reached there and assaulted me at 5 pm. He hit me thrice in the head with a rod, injuring me,” she said. She added that her family rushed her to the Civil Hospital for treatment, but the man and his wife later arrived there searching for her. “It is probably my former boyfriend who threw acid on another woman as we were wearing similar clothes,” she alleged.
Police said the acid attack happened between 8:15 pm and 8:30 pm on Sunday in the emergency ward of the Civil Hospital Sector 10. A man threw acid on a 32-year-old woman from behind and then ran away.
The woman suffered burns on her shoulder, neck, cheek and arms. She was later referred to Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS in Rohtak for further treatment.
Police said the suspect had earlier followed the woman from Nuh to Gurugram and was insisting that she meet him. The two had an argument, during which he allegedly assaulted her. After the incident, she was taken to the hospital for treatment.
At around 8:30 pm, the man reached the hospital and threw acid on her before fleeing from the spot, police added.
- With inputs from agencies
