New Delhi: A man was injured after being attacked allegedly with an acidic substance during a quarrel over a dog in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar on Saturday, news agency ANI reported.
According to the report, the 50-year-old man was rushed to a hospital and is said to be stable now.
“At around 10 pm, information was received in the Uttam Nagar Police Station that residents of a house got into a quarrel with a person. It is alleged that an acidic substance was thrown by occupants of the house at the person. After this, he got injured,” an official was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
The injured man has been identified as Rajeshwar and he is currently undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) trauma centre.
“A Medico-Legal Case (MLC) of the injured person has not yet been prepared. Prima facie, it appears that toilet cleaner liquid was used. We have recovered a toilet cleaner liquid bottle from the home of the accused. Initial reports from the hospital suggest injuries are minor. The accused have been detained," the official further said.
According to reports, the victim was walking his dog in Delhi's Uttam Nagar on Saturday evening when his neighbor Kamal started arguing with him over the dog's litter.
Soon, Kamal's sons - Rohit and Himanshu - also got into an argument with the victim and said his pet often littered outside their home, as per police.
“I had taken my dog for a walk and as soon I reached my neighbour's house, they started abusing me. My father came for rescue. The argument escalated so much that one of the accused persons threw acid on me which hit my father, leading to head injuries,” the victim's son Abhishek Kumar told ANI.