Telangana News

A Bengaluru woman named Lydia threw acid on her boyfriend and also slashed his face with a knife, as he was allegedly delaying the marriage and refusing to convert to Christianity. Currently, the police have arrested the woman, who is a nurse and are in search of her cousin, who helped her in the crime.

The 32 year old victim, who runs an apparel shop, sustained acid burns on his neck and knife cut wounds on the face. 

According to the police, Lydia met Jayakumar five years ago in the latter's apparel shop and the duo fell in love soon. The woman reportedly kept on forcing the guy to convert into Christianity and marry her. But Jayakumar showed his reluctance to convert into Christianity but agreed to marry Lydia. This brought conflicts with each other.

Later, Jayakumar had stopped taking her phone calls. “An upset Lydia decided to teach him a lesson, and sought her cousin Sunil’s help. A week ago, she had spirited away an acid bottle used for cleaning and a blade from the hospital. On Monday evening, Jayakumar and his friend Padmanabh had gone to Rajarajeshwari temple,” the police said.

Lydia got information about Jayakumar’s whereabouts from one of his family members. “Lydia and Sunil, who knew the route taken by Jayakumar, went on a scooter and lay in wait near Attiguppe bus-stop. As Jayakumar and his friend, who were returning home, passed Attiguppe around 8.30 pm, the cousins started tailing them. As they approached Pipelane Road, Lydia, who was riding pillion, threw acid on Jayakumar through his car window,” police added.

“Jayakumar, who was in intense pain, got out of the car. Lydia, who was waiting with the blade, slashed his face. As Jayakumar fell down, the accused sped away, while Jayakumar’s friend rushed him to hospital and alerted the police. Lydia was picked up from her house, but her cousin is absconding,” police said.