A man has been arrested for allegedly holding his ex-wife hostage in their 🅠house and attaಞcking her with acid causing 50 per cent burn injuries, police said on Monday.
The locals broke the door open and rushed her to a hospitꦑal where sh💯e is undergoing treatment, police said. She is said to be stable.
A man has been arrested for allegedly holding his ex-wife hostage in their 🅠house and attaಞcking her with acid causing 50 per cent burn injuries, police said on Monday.
The accu𝕴sed was identified as Sunil Dixit (50), they said.
The incident occurred on Saturday morning when Dixit tied his ex-wife, Mamata Goud's hands and legs with a r🌟ope while she was sleeping, police said. He attacked her with acid, causing 50 per cent burn injuries. He then locked the house from the outside and fled.
Following the attack, Goud managed to untie herself an𝕴d called her brother who sent a neighbour home. The locals broke the door open and rushed her to a hospital where she is undergoing treatment, poli♛ce said. She is said to be stable.
The couple was divorced and Goud, a gꩲovernౠment teacher posted in Sawai Madhopur, had come to Kota to attend a Teachers' Conference and was staying with Dixit.
Based on the victim's statement, police have registered an FIR under sections 124 (1) (voluntarily causing hurt), 127 (2) (wrongful confinement), 79 (insult) and 109 (1) (attempted murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Circle Insജpector Ramesh Kavia said.
Police arre𝔉sted Dixit on Sunday night from Chittorgarh district, DSP Manish Sh💦arma said.
The accused is unemployed and reportedly in depression. The reason behind 💎the attack would be ♋revealed after interrogation, the CI said.