Ahmedabad: Husband booked for acid attack on estranged wife
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A 42-year-old man was booked for allegedly throwing acid on his estranged wife in the Odhav area of Ahmedabad.
A 42-year-old man allegedly threw acid on his wife, who had been living separately with her children for the past nine months, in the Odhav area of Ahmedabad on Tuesday night.
According to a report published in The Indian Express, the incident took place at around 7 pm when Chandrika Ben Parmar (36), a resident of the Prajapati society in Odhav, was attacked by her husband Bharat Parmar while she was walking back home after work.
When she was walking on her way home with her two colleagues, Bharat arrived and said that he had come to take her home. When I refused, he splashed on me a liquid from a plastic bottle he was carrying, Chankdrika stated in her complaint.
He fled from the spot and the victim's colleagues called an ambulance.
Based on her complaint, a case was registered at the Odhav police station under Section 326B of the IPC. However, the accused has not been arrested yet.
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