New Delhi:
A teenager and her friend were attacked with acid in the Begumpur area of West Delhi, allegedly by a man whose marriage proposal the girl had turned down.
The accused, Manoj, allegedly threw acid on Parvati (18) and her friend Gayatri (16) while they were on their way to a market on Sunday evening, police said. He managed to escape and is currently missing.
"The accused has been identified and we will soon arrest him," Additional Commissioner of Police Sanjay Kumar said.
Manoj, who is already married, had allegedly proposed to Parvati but she had declined his proposal.
"He was troubling my daughter for a long time. We have registered an FIR. When he was beaten by police, he had said that he will stop harassing her. But when she went to the market in the evening, he threw acid on her," Parvati's mother said.
The two girls were initially admitted to a nearby government hospital, but were later shifted to the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Hospital.