Chargesheet filed in Preeti Rathi acid attack case

Eleven months after the acid attack on Delhi resident Preeti Rathi here which claimed her life, Mumbai police today filed a 1,322-page chargesheet against the accused Ankur Panwar.
"The chargesheet was today filed in the Esplanade Court (magistrate's court in south Mumbai). There are 98 witnesses, besides strong scientific evidence against the accused," Joint Police Commissioner (Crime), Sadanand Date said.
Panwar (23), a hotel management graduate, was identified during the identification parade by the witnesses, Date added.
The chargesheet mentions that Panwar threw acid on Preeti on May 2, 2013 at Bandra station here, as he was jealous of her career growth.

Date added that the chargesheet mentions where he procured the concentrated sulfuric acid and how he shuttled between the cities to evade arrest following the crime.
The crime branch would request the government to appoint noted lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as the special public prosecutor in the case, Date said.
Panwar, who was Rathi's neighbour in Bhakra Beas Management Board Colony in Delhi, was arrested from the national capital in January.
According to police, his parents often jibed Ankur for not getting a job despite completing his course and praised Preeti, who had landed a job at the Navy hospital here.