I was falsely implicated: Man cleared in Delhi acid attack case
New Delhi, Oct 29: A man who was initially named as the main accused in the alleged acid attack on a 20-year-old Delhi University student has claimed innocence, saying he was falsely implicated in what has now been revealed as a staged incident by the victim’s family to frame him. “I was falsely implicated in this case. The entire incident was part of a conspiracy to entrap me,” Jitender said. He was an accused in the alleged acid attack case reported in northwest Delhi’s Ashok Vihar area on Sunday. He claimed that he was not even present at the spot when the incident happened. On Tuesday, Delhi Police said their investigation had revealed that the student’s father, Akil Khan, along with her uncle and brother, had conspired to stage the attack in order to falsely implicate Jitender and his family, who had previously filed rape and acid attack complaints against Khan. According to police, Khan poured a chemical on his daughter’s hand and bag near Ashok Vihar and fled on a motorcycle to mislead investigators. (PTI)
