On Wednesday (18th December), a newly married 29-year-old man was attacked with acid by his father-in-law in Maharashtra’s Thane district following a dispute over a honeymoon destination.
The victim, identified as Ibad Atik Falke, has currently been hospitalized. He had recently married the accused’s daughter after which he decided to go to Kashmir for his honeymoon.
However, the accused insisted that the couple travel to their religious destination abroad.
Following this, the 65-year-old accused identified as Jaki Gulam Murtaza Khotal who is absconding at present attacked the victim by throwing acid at him.
The victim has sustained severe injuries on his face and body and is undergoing treatment at the hospital. The accused father-in-law forced the couple to go to their religious destination to offer prayers.
However, the couple desired to go to Kashmir for their honeymoon. Following this severe altercation is believed to have occurred between the accused and the victim. The verbal altercations continued to occur for several days.
On Wednesday night, Ibad was stopped by Jaki while he was on his way to his house from the Lal Chowki area in Kalyan West.
Again, a minor argument occurred between the duo on the issue after which Jaki threw acid on the face of the victim. While Ibad yelled in pain for help, the accused fled from the spot leaving the victim with severe injuries.
“A case has been registered at the Bazarpet police station in this regard and a search operation has been initiated for the accused father-in-law,” police said.
Senior inspector of Bazarpet police station Suresh Singh Gaud further added that the son-in-law was adamant about going to Kashmir while his father-in-law was adamant about sending him to Mecca.
He also added that the father-in-law wanted to end his daughter’s marriage with his victim.
“Prima facie it seems that this led to an argument and the man attacked his son-in-law with acid and fled. Teams are searching various areas for the accused. We are investigating the matter thoroughly,” he said.
