A 25-year-old woman was today attacked with acid by her jilted lover, who subsequently killed himself in remorse on the spot near Sai Baba temple under the Ashoka Garden police station limits, police said.
Before the incident took place, the young woman had gone to Ashoka Garden police station to lodge her complaint against the 45-year-old accused Sanjay Patil, who was allegedly stalking her.
But, Sub Inspector Roop Singh Thakur allegedly told her to approach Bajaria police station where she and her family had earlier lodged a report against the accused.
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Subsequently, Thakur was suspended for being lax in performing his duty following the girl's statement at the private Narmada Hospital where she is being treated, Superintendent of Police (North) Arvind Saxena told PTI.
According to Ashoka Garden police station in-charge, Inspector Mohan Sarwan the accused had an altercation with the woman following which he hurled acid at her.
When he saw the girl writhing in pain, he stabbed himself to death, Saxena said, adding the woman had stopped interacting with Patil some time ago after which he was upset.
The deceased and the woman lived at Shankracharya Nagar under Bajaria police station and had grown close. Recently Patil started living in an area situated on Raisen road.
The inspector said that all was not well between the two and Patil had been to her house on May 16 but was not welcomed. Also, differences had cropped between the woman's family and Patil.
On May 17, her family lodged a complaint with Bajaria police station. But the cops did not take the complaint seriously, sources close to the family said.
On May 20, the deceased had entered the gymnasium where the girl worked as a trainer close to Apsara Cinema Hall.
Patil's body had been sent for post-mortem, police said adding that investigations were on.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after getting the information about the acid attack visited the girl at the hospital and assured them of all help from the government on the medical expenses.
The woman, who received acid burns on her cheek, breasts and shoulders, told him that she was turned away by policemen at the Ashok Garden police station when she went to lodge complaint before the incident following which Chouhan ordered immediate suspension of SI Thakur.
