Spurned lover hurls acid on woman, kills self

A man allegedly threw acid on a 25-year-old woman, who rejected his advances. Later, the accused killed himself in remorse on the spot near Sai Baba temple under the Ashoka Garden police station limits, police said.

Police said the woman had gone to the police station to lodge a complaint against Sanjay Patil (45), who was allegedly stalking her. But, SI Roop Singh Thakur allegedly told her to approach the Bajaria police station, where she and her family had earlier lodged a report against the accused.

Subsequently, Thakur was suspended for being lax in performing his duty following the girl's statement at Narmada Hospital where she is being treated, SP (North) Arvind Saxena said. Ashoka Garden police station in-charge inspector Mohan Sarwan said 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. Bhopal Police DIG Raman Singh Sikarwar said he had suspended Bajaria SI Mahipal Singh <g data-gr-id="15">Dhurve</g> and line attached police station in charge MK <g data-gr-id="16">Malivya</g>.