Four injured as man throws acid-like liquid at friend's family in Pune's Yerawada

A minor quarrel between two friends turned violent in Ramnagar, in Pune's Yerawada area, around 4 pm on Friday. A 52-year-old man allegedly threw an acid-like toilet cleaning liquid at his friend and the friend's family, leaving four people with burns.

The accused has been identified as Nitin Jadhav, a daily wage labourer from Yerawada. Lakshminagar police have arrested him. The injured were taken to Sassoon General Hospital, where three of them were discharged after treatment.

According to the police, Jadhav was angry with the woman's son, who runs a paan shop. He allegedly used to tease Jadhav often. Jadhav had bought toilet cleaning liquid mixed with water from a hardware shop a few days before the incident.

It is alleged that on Friday Jadhav went to the family's home, abused the woman and tried to attack her son. In the scuffle that followed, he threw the liquid at them, burning their hands and faces. A two-wheeler rider passing by at the time and his daughter were also splashed with the liquid and injured.

Senior Inspector Yuvraj Nandre of Lakshminagar police station said the accused has been arrested.