The Delhi Police on Monday detained the father of a 20-year-old student, who had alleged an acid attack by a "stalker and his two friends". The father was taken into custody from Sangam Vihar area for police questioning. He has since confessed to cooking up the acid attack story, using a toilet cleaner to fake the assault, and raping the wife of the man his daughter accused of throwing acid at her. The development came hours after the acid attack accused's wife leveled allegations of sexual assault against the student's father.

Amid the acid attack accusations, the wife of the acid attack suspect had filed a police complaint against the student's father, after which a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged. Police had also said that the acid attack allegations appeared "suspicious" and

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