In a dramatic twist, the father of a 20-year-old girl, who had alleged an acid attack by three men in Delhi, was arrested on Monday in a separate rape case filed by the wife of the main accused.

The police also found in their initial investigation that it was not acid that had been thrown on the girl. Instead, she had taken toilet cleaner from their house and poured it on her hands, they said.

The investigators also claimed that the student fabricated the case at the instance of her father, who wanted revenge against the rape complaint.

In her complaint, the girl, a second-year BCom student enrolled in Delhi University’s Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board, had alleged that she was attacked with acid by an acquaintance, Jitender Singh and his accomplices, Ishan and Arman, both brothe

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