A man working as a welder allegedly thrashed his 25-year-old wife and poured floor cleaning acid on her private parts in Pune district on suspicion that she was having an affair, police said on Monday.
After subjecting her to cruelty, the man stopped his wife from receiving treatment for injuries caused by the assault and acid attack at their home in rural Pune and threatened her with dire consequences if she approached police or revealed about the incident to anyone, they said.
The savage incident took place on April 20 in the Uruli Kanchan area, but came to light nearly a month later when the woman approached police on May 15 and lodged a complaint against her husband.
"As per the complaint, the man, who works as a welder, used to suspect that his wife was having an affair. On April 20, he returned from work and started assaulting her in a fit of rage. He then poured floor cleaning acid on her genitals and warned her of dire consequences if she revealed about the incident to anyone," said Sachin Wangande, senior inspector at the Uruli Kanchan police station.
The woman pleaded her husband to take her to hospital, but he did not allow her to seek medical treatment, he said.
"Recently, the woman managed to go to her parents' house in Solapur district where she narrated the incident to them. She returned to Uruli Kanchan, approached the police and lodged a complaint," said the Inspector.
Based on her complaint, an offence has been registered against the man under Sections 115 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation), along with other relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), he added.
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