Dejected over rejection, woman throws acid on boyfriend’s face

Bengaluru: In a bizarre role reversal incident, a 26-year-old woman threw acid on her 32-year-old boyfriend for rejecting the marriage proposal.

According to News18 reports,  the incident took place on Monday around Vijaynagar police station limits.

Lidiya,  working as nurse at Vikram hospital was in relationship with Jaykumar, a cloth merchant for the past three to four years. She expressed her desire to get married to Jaykumar many a time but Jaykumar rejected her marriage proposal.

Dejected that he deserted her and was planning to marry someone else, Lidiya got infuriate and took the extreme step. She threw acid on him and even slashed his face.

Jaykumar, who was severely injured was rushed to the hospital- where he is undergoing treatment.

She has been arrested by Vijaynagar police on Tuesday at 3pm.