Patna: Extremely perturbed and furious over his girlfriend getting married to another person, a jilted lover threw acid on the bridegroom on the marriage ceremony in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district, thereby injuring him critically.
The accused Mithun Kumar has been booked for try and homicide.
The bridegroom, who sustained burn accidents on his face and chest, was admitted to the Sadar hospital the place his situation is alleged to be essential now.
The sufferer’s family members on the venue managed to nab the accused following which he was brutally crushed and later handed over to the police.
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“The incident occurred in Kakrauli village under Halsi Police Station in Lakhisarai. The groom, a native of Bhandous village in Sheikhpura district, and his relatives came to Kakrauli for marriage on Wednesday night. Mithun, who was carrying an acid bottle, reached at the marriage venue and hurled it on the groom in the Mandap,” IANS quoted Investigating Officer Akhilesh Kumar of Halsi Police Station as saying.
The officer additional mentioned the accused was instantly overpowered by the relations of the sufferer and brutally thrashed.
“They have taken Navin (bridegroom) to Sadar hospital. He is currently admitted in the burns ward and his condition is serious,” he added.
