Lidiya S

Jayakumar

Pipeline Road

Basavanagudi

Lidiya

Srirampuram

Kumar

State Home

Women

She was livid with him for refusing to marry her as both followed different faithsThe victim and his brother were on their bike when the accused, fully clothed in black, came close and threw acid at her boyfriend. The boys gave her chase, which is when she stabbed the victim. She was then overpowered and taken to police(in pic), a 26-year-old woman, threw acid on the face of her boyfriend, (also in pic), around 8.30 pm on Monday onin Vijayanagar.When he chased and caught her, she tried to kill him with a surgical knife. Jayakumar, with severe burns on his face and chest and deep stab wounds including a 14-inch cut injury on his face, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital nearIt was apparent thathad come all prepared for the attack: She was wearing a completely black dress and was also covering her face with a helmet. She had concealed her scooter’s numberplate with white paper and writen a different registration number.Jayakumar and his brother were coming on a bike after going to a temple in RR Nagar. Lidiya, who was following him waited near a turn on the Pipeline Road. When Jayakumar slowed down near the turn, she threw acid on him and fled. Jayakumar, who initially suspected that it was water, later started feeling a burning sensation.He along with his brother chased Lidiya and managed to catch hold of her after a chase of nearly one kilometre. Since she had covered her face with a helmet, he tried to remove her helmet to check who it was. Lidiya who was carrying a surgical knife, attacked him with it. Jayakumar and his brother managed to overpower her and took her topolice station as the same police had counselled them before. Citing jurisdictions, the Srirampuram police transferred the case to the Vijaynagar police for further investigations on Monday night. The police, after obtaining custody of Lidiya, sent the victim to hospital for treatment.Lidiya is a resident of Srirampuram. Jaya Kumar, 32, is a resident of Prakash Nagar. Lidiya works as nurse in-charge at a private hospital in CBD and Jayakumar is a salesman in a readymade clothes shop in Ramachandrapura. The two were in love for the last eight years. However, they broke up two years ago, but Lidiya was afterand was harassing him to continue the relationship. The two were even summoned by the Srirampuram police and were counselled, said an officer part of the investigations.Recently, Kumar was making arrangements to marry another woman and the nurse who came to know about it decided to take revenge.The main reason for the break-up is said to be religions as both of them belonged to different faiths. Kumar too had told her that his family would not approve of their wedding. He was also avoiding her calls and had stopped responding to her messages, which had irked her.Lidiya, who is lodged atforon Hosur Road, will be produced before the magistrate on Wednesday.She has been booked for attempt-to-murder (IPC 307).Jayakumar is said to be out of danger.