Five held for throwing acid on Nalanda girl

BIHARSHARIF: Police have arrested five people on charges of throwing acid on a girl here on August 18. The girl was sent to Vardhman Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS)-Pawapuri after first aid at Biharsharif sadar hospital. Her condition is stated to be critical.
Sadar SDPO Shibli Nomani said while key accused Sajan Kumar was arrested from Biharsharif on Thursday, his four accomplices – Chotu Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Ravi Panday and Chandan Kumar – were nabbed from different localities under the Alamganj police station area in Patna on Friday.
Nomani, who led a special task force to investigate the case, said Sajan, a resident of Singarhaat locality under Sohsarai police station area, had been in a relationship with the girl for six years. “Sajan, who had once eloped with the girl in 2017, decided to deform her face after her parents refused to let her marry him,” the SDPO said.
He added Sajan and his accomplices together threw acid on the girl near Biharsharif circuit house when she was on way to a local market with her elder sister.