This Article is From Apr 22, 2012

Husband flings acid on wife after refusal to live with him

Bangalore: A man threw acid on his wife, inflicting burn injuries on her face and back, when she refused to go back and live with him in Kengeri on Sunday, police said.

They said the couple had been married for 17 years and had four sons. The woman had been living separately for the past five years. On Sunday, her husband, a painter by profession, asked her to come back and live with him, but she refused, and this led to a heated argument.

Irked, the man flung acid on her, scarring her face and back, police said.

The woman has been admitted to a private hospital.

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