Acid-like substance thrown in Pune's Yerawada during old dispute, four hurt including child; accused held

An incident in which an acid-like substance was thrown during a dispute in Ramnagar, Yerawada, Pune, just before Diwali has caused alarm in the area. Four people, including a young girl, were seriously injured. Yerawada police have arrested the main accused.

According to police, the incident took place at around 4 pm on Friday, November 6. The arrested accused is Nitin Sundar Jadhav, 52, a resident of the Pandhulman slum in Yerawada.

The complainant is Sumitra Indrapal Dagya, 52, who lives in Ramnagar, Yerawada. Police said Sumitra and Nitin know each other. Sumitra's son is a friend of Nitin, and the two had quarrelled a few days earlier.

Police said that to take revenge for that old quarrel, the accused went to the front of Sumitra's house carrying a bottle of an acid-like substance. He is alleged to have abused them there and tried to throw acid at the son.

Sumitra tried to snatch the bottle from the accused's hand and overpower him. In the scuffle, the acid splashed around. A motorcyclist was passing by with his young daughter at the time, and they were also hit by the splashes.

As a result, four people were seriously injured: the complainant, her son, the motorcyclist and his young daughter. All four are currently being treated in hospital.

Yerawada police registered a case promptly and arrested Nitin Sundar Jadhav shortly afterwards. Further legal action is under way.