Man commits suicide after throwing acid on 'lover' in UP

A youth committed suicide today here after allegedly throwing acid on his 'lover', who suffered serious burn injuries, following a tiff between them.

28-year-old Rajnesh Yadav, working as a compounder at a private hospital, took the girl to his house at Ujhani police station area in the evening, SSP Saumitra Yadav said.

The two had a tiff over some issue following which Yadav threw acid on the 22-year-old girl, he said.

The acid victim, who is pursuing B.A at a local college, sustained about 50 per cent burns and was rushed to Bareilly medical college hospital, SSP said.

A case was registered against Yadav and forces were deployed to nab him, the police said.
 

However, his body was recovered from a field, the SSP said, adding that he committed suicide by consuming sulphas tablets.