‘Want him to suffer the same pain’: Sambhal teacher attacked with acid; accused held after shootout

Addressing the media, Superintendent of Police, Krishna Kumar Bishnoi, said: “He fired at the police team. The team opened fire in retaliation, and he was shot in both legs. A country-made pistol of .315 bore, two spent cartridges and an electric scooter have been recovered from him. He is undergoing treatment.”

According to police, Nishu had been harassing the 25-year-old teacher for months, sending her obscene messages and threatening her. On Tuesday afternoon, as the woman was returning home, Nishu allegedly flung a flammable substance at her from a scooter. She sustained 25% burns to her face, neck and stomach and is being treated at a private hospital.

The victim told police that a man on a scooter, who had covered his face with a handkerchief, threw acid on her. She said her marriage was fixed with an army soldier in June but Nishu used to harass her, saying that she should not get married to the soldier.

Initially, Nishu misled the police by claiming that the army soldier was supposed to marry his sister and he bore a grudge as the proposal had been rejected. However, police said, further questioning revealed a different story.

Police said Nishu was manipulated by his girlfriend, who allegedly instigated the attack.

Police said he met his girlfriend on an online site a few months ago. She told Nishu that the soldier had cheated on her sister.

The police then arrested her as well. During her questioning, police said she admitted that it was her who the jawan had allegedly cheated. Police said she claimed that last December, she left her husband and secretly married the soldier in a temple ceremony. The two lived together for a short period before the soldier’s family arranged his engagement to the teacher.

Once the engagement was finalised, the soldier abruptly ended his relationship with the woman. As an act of vengeance, she convinced Nishu to carry out the acid attack on the teacher, police said.

Police added that she connected with Nishu on Instagram after creating a fake ID.

ASP (North) Kuldeep Singh and CO Asmoli Kuldeep Kumar, along with police teams from four stations were involved in the operation.

Officers said that Nishu used to work as a chemist at a milk dairy two years ago. They said he would be questioned further about the substance used in the attack.

Meanwhile, videos have surfaced online from when he was taken to a hospital. With folded hands, he was seen pleading with the Superintendent of Police for mercy. The SP responded that “only god can forgive him now.”