Woman arrested for acid attack on daughter-in-law
The Hindu
Police arrested Anjali, 49, for attacking her daughter-in-law with acid. The victim is receiving treatment at a hospital. Anjali had filed a suit for eviction against her daughter-in-law in court, which the two attended on Wednesday. She was arrested from a relative's place in Burari.
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Two days after a woman in New Usmanpur was attacked with acid allegedly by her in-laws, the victim’s 49-year-old mother-in-law has been arrested, the police said on Friday. The victim is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
The woman, 22, had, in her complaint to the police, said that her mother-in-law, Anjali, had attacked her with acid around 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The accused, Anjali, had filed a suit for eviction against her daughter-in-law in a court here, DCP (North East) Joy Tirkey said. The DCP said the two parties had attended the court hearing on Wednesday. After returning home, Anjali attacked her daughter-in-law.
Following the incident, the in-laws fled their home and stayed at a relative’s place in Sant Nagar in Burari, from where Anjali was arrested on Friday, the DCP said.
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