Family injured in acid attack hospitalized
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The crazy lover who injured a woman by throwing acid in Bihar’s Motihari was arrested by the police within 48 hours. The arrested lover has confessed his crime in front of the police. In police interrogation, he told that he was pressurizing her for marriage. But that woman was not agreeing. Because of this he got angry and executed the incident. Acid-like material has also been recovered from him at the time of arrest. Police is ascertaining from where he had brought the acid and who all were involved in his work.
Actually, the incident is of Chakia police station area on Sunday night. Where husband Raman Prasad (40), wife Shila Devi (32), son Pawan Kumar (12) and daughter Riya Kumari (3) slept in the verandah of the house. Around 12 o’clock in the night, the accused eccentric lover Mahesh Bhagat climbed on the roof of the house by placing a ladder from behind the house. Throwing acid on everyone from above, he ran away. Everyone started screaming as soon as the acid fell on them. People around gathered on the spot. Informed the police about the incident. As soon as the information was received, the police reached the spot and took information from the victims about the incident. After this everyone was admitted to Motihari Sadar Hospital for treatment. From where the doctors referred everyone to SKMCH after first aid. At present, all the injured are undergoing treatment in the burn ward of SKMCH.
Made physical relations without getting money
The woman suffering from acid attack told that she is a resident of Pipra Kothi. But she has been living in Chakia for the last ten years. Her husband works as a laborer and her eccentric lover Mahesh Bhagat is her husband’s labor contractor. In connection with the work, he met the victim’s husband Raman. At the same time his elder son met with a road accident. Mahesh Bhagat gave five thousand rupees for the treatment. Since then he started pressurizing her to return the money. The victim had no money. Mahesh Bhagat took advantage of this and started having physical relations with her. The victim’s husband used to go to work during the day. After that Mahesh Bhagat used to come to her house and have relations with her several times.
Lover threw acid on refusal of marriage
Mahesh, a resident of Sahebganj police station area of Muzaffarpur district, is also married. His wife is not having a child. For this reason he has adopted a girl child. For the past one year, Mahesh Bhagat was pressurizing the victim to marry. But the victim refused to marry. Many times he entered the house and also fought. Still the victim did not agree to the marriage. Angered by this, he ran away after doing acid attack on Sunday night.
SP Kantesh Kumar Mishra said that the acid attack accused Mahesh Bhagat has been arrested. An acid-like substance has also been recovered from him. He has also accepted that he had done the acid attack.
husband works as a laborer and runs the house, Wife works in village houses
The victim told that the husband works as a laborer. On not getting work here, he has also worked as a laborer in Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Delhi and Gujarat. Twenty days back my husband had come home from Gujarat. I am mother of four children. Has three sons and one daughter. Both the elder sons work as laborers in Patna. The third son works as a laborer with his father. The younger daughter lives at home with her mother.
