In a shocking incident, a furious mob in Bihar's Teghra district assaulted and blinded a man by injecting acid in his eyes.

The victim (30), a tractor driver by profession was allegedly attacked for eloping with his employer's wife.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED:

The man in his statement told the police that he used to work as a tractor driver at Barauni village in Teghra district and had a love affair with his employer's wife.

On February 6, the man and his paramour eloped, following which the woman's husband lodged a complaint, accusing the man of kidnapping his wife, the DSP said.

However, the woman came back to Teghra on February 16 and recorded her statement in a local court. Her husband, a farmer, was asked to take her to his house.

It was on Saturday evening that the 30-year-old received a phone call from the woman's brother-in-law, asking him to take her back.

They called him to the Teghra Police Station, enroute to which he was surrounded by a mob of 20 men- who first brutally thrashed him and then injected acid in his eyes with a syringe.

They then left him near Hanuman Chowk, Bhagwanpur area of the district.

It was a passerby who rushed the man to a hospital at Begusarai.

One person has been arrested and the police is investigating the matter further.