Arrested suspect,accused of same height: Victim

GRP are checking his location at the time of the attack using call data records and getting his sketch ready.

Meanwhile,Rathi was taken off ventilator Thursday night and has been showing improvement.

She had alighted from Delhi-Mumbai Garib Rath Express on May 2 at Bandra Terminus when an unidentified man threw acid on her.

She was to join Army Medical College (AMC),Colaba,as a lieutenant.

Injuries to her face,neck and chest and ingestion of some amount of acid have left her dependent on a food pipe for nourishment.

Even as Gahalon was remanded in police custody till May 17 Friday,the Rathi family expressed doubt over his guilt. “Preeti never had problems with any boy. We don’t know how Gahalon is involved,” said her uncle Vinodkumar Singh.

He said with bandages limiting her sight,she could not confirm if Gahalon was her attacker.

Doctors at Masina Hospital said her health had steadily improved and she was now able to breathe without the help of a ventilator,though she was still in ICU.

National Commission for Women member Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar said she met defence minister AK Antony and would soon get a response on her application concerning admission of Preeti to AMC. “I will also meet the chief minister soon to discuss the matter.”