Hyderabad: Man held for threatening to throw acid at woman

A 25-year-old man arrested on Saturday by the Malkajgiri police after he threatened to throw acid at a woman for rejecting his proposal.

According to SI Harish, Srinivas, a resident of the Vansanthapuri colony has been harassing a woman on the pretext of love for some time. The accused then started threatening to throw acid at her and her parents if she does not accept his love.

Fed up with the harassment, the woman lodged a complaint with the police who registered a case and arrested the accused.

On October 21, a fitness trainer was taken into custody from Malkajgiri for allegedly outraging the modesty of a teenage girl. The accused on the pretext of giving her training went to her home and touched her inappropriately and later threatened to throw acid at her if she revealed the matter.