The Gurugram Civil Hospital acid attack case has taken another turn, with a 20-year-old woman claiming that the attacker was her ex-boyfriend who may have mistakenly targeted another woman while trying to attack her. The woman claimed that the man assaulted her earlier in the day and later came to look for her at the hospital, where another woman was injured in the acid attack.
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According to the woman, a resident of Nuh who was visiting her aunt in Subhash Nagar, Sector 5, the man reached there around 5 pm on Sunday and attacked her, HT reported earlier.
“Hit me three times with a stick.”
“My ex-boyfriend also arrived there and assaulted me at 5pm. He hit me three times on the head with a rod, which left me injured,” she said. She added that her family took her to the Civil Hospital to receive treatment, but the man and his wife later arrived there to search for her. “It was likely my ex-boyfriend who threw acid on another woman while we were wearing similar clothes,” she claimed.
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Police said the acid attack took place between 8:15 pm and 8:30 pm on Sunday at the emergency department of the Civil Hospital in Sector 10. Officials said a man threw acid at the 32-year-old woman from behind and fled. The victim sustained injuries on her shoulder, neck, cheek and arms and was later transferred to PGIMS Rohtak for further treatment.
Earlier, the suspect had allegedly followed the young woman from Nuh to Gurugram and insisted on meeting him. The police said that a quarrel broke out between the two men, during which he assaulted her, as a result of which she was transferred to the hospital to receive treatment. At approximately 8:30 p.m., the man arrived at the hospital and threw acid before fleeing.
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Gurugram Police said they were investigating whether the suspect intended to target the young woman or the injured victim. Officials said CCTV footage from the hospital is being analyzed and statements of the woman and her family will be recorded as part of the investigation.
