Acid attack on widow interrupts ex-lover's wedding in Andhra Pradesh

An alleged attempt by a 44-year-old disgruntled widow to attack her former lover with acid ahead of her wedding in Nandalur on Sunday resulted in the marriage being called off, a police official said.

Around 11 am, Jaya, a former software engineer from Tirupati, who has a 22-year-old son, came to the wedding venue at Aravapalli village in Nandalur mandal to confront Sheikh Syed (32), who was about to marry another woman without her knowledge.

According to police, the two men had been in a relationship for around 10 years, but for the last three years, Syed had gone to Kuwait to work as a driver. He returned to India and was all set to get married on Sunday.

“During the confrontation, Syed said he would not stay with Jaya and in a fit of rage, she tried to attack him with bathroom cleaning acid but he dodged it. The acid fell on Syed’s aunt,” the police official told PTI.

As it was a bathroom cleaning acid, Syed’s aunt did not suffer any serious injuries.

Meanwhile, the groom retaliated with a ceremonial knife used as an ornament at weddings, causing minor injuries to Jaya, whose surname is not known.

The police registered cases against the two men under relevant sections and arrested them.