Days after a man threw acid on a bride at a beauty parlour here, police arrested six persons, including a woman who masterminded the attack.
Amitpal Kaur, the woman, Parvinder Singh alias Vicky, the attacker, and four of their associates were arrested from Patiala, Ludhiana Police Commissioner N S Dhillon said.
Addressing reporters, the commissioner said the bride was not the intended target of the act planned by Kaur, the divorced wife of the elder brother of the groom, seeking revenge on the groom's family.
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She was currently staying in Patiala where she had got married a second time with a UK-based NRI. She also has two children from her first marriage, he said.
"Amitpal Kaur had entered into a deal of Rs 10 lakh with Parvinder Singh alias Vicky of Patiala to execute the acid attack. Vicky had been paid Rs 1.5 lakhs as advance in instalments," he said.
The victim, a resident of Barnala, had gone to the parlour in Sarabha Nagar in Ludhiana to get ready for her marriage when the young man barged in and threw acid on her and fled the spot on Saturday.
A letter recovered from the crime scene left by the attacker alleging that he had relations with the victim was false and only intended to mislead investigations, the officer said.
A car used for escaping after the attack has also been recovered. Its registration number plate had been changed on the day of the crime, he said.
The bride is said to be out of danger and undergoing treatment at a hospital where she was admitted after the attack.
