The accused is at present on the run (Representational picture)
Mumbai:
A person in Mumbai allegedly poured acid on his spouse’s face after she requested for a divorce over his affair with one other girl, officers stated as we speak.
The 27-year-old girl was at her mom’s residence in Malad when the accused, 34, allegedly threw acid on her on Wednesday morning.
She suffered burns and facial accidents and is present process remedy at a hospital.
The girl, who had a love marriage in 2019, was residing along with her mom for the final three months after discovering out about her husband’s affair. She additionally found that he was unemployed and hooked on medicine.
Police have registered a case in opposition to her husband beneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 124(2) (throwing acid on an individual with the intention of inflicting injury), 311 (theft or dacoity with an try to trigger grievous damage or dying), 333 (house-trespass after preparation for assault), and 352 (intentional insult with intent to impress breach of peace), and the hunt is on to arrest the accused.