A married woman identified by police as Varsha allegedly poured acid on Vivek during a meeting at a restaurant in Center Point, Aligarh. Varsha reportedly said Vivek had blackmailed and harassed her for approximately 12 years, demanded money, promised marriage, and later married someone else. The restaurant owner said Varsha admitted pouring acid on Vivek, while Vivek later told police that an unknown person attacked him near Tapal while he was traveling from Noida. Varsha sustained minor burns, and the source description also reports injury to a restaurant employee. Police reportedly collected Varsha's bag, mobile phone, remaining acid, and other items, while CCTV, hospital, phone-location, and witness inquiries remained ongoing.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Aligarh
Incident Type: Non-Murder
Relationship Status: Ex-partners
Relationship Duration: Approximately 12 years
Recorded context: Affair started / overlapping relationship
Reported initiator: Unclear / not reported
Relationship timing: During marriage or ongoing partnership, before separation
Incident Date: Sept. 30, 2024
Primary reported outcome: Attempted homicide or serious injury
Reported self-harm outcome: No suicide or attempt reported
Reported sequence: Order not reported / unclear
Additional victims reported: 2
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Approximately 12 years
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2024-09-30
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Infidelity
The reported relationship began as a longstanding youth connection and continued while Varsha was married. According to her reported statement, Vivek allegedly used harassment, blackmail, marriage promises, and money demands, while later marrying someone else. The restaurant incident represents a reported escalation from prolonged relationship conflict and alleged coercion to acid-related serious injury, although Vivek disputed Varsha's account.
Police reportedly questioned Varsha, treated her at Deendayal Upadhyay Hospital, and released her. They reportedly located Vivek receiving treatment at a private hospital near Sasni Gate, but he denied Varsha's involvement, alleged an unknown attacker near Tapal while traveling from Noida, and declined to file a complaint. Police reportedly collected Varsha's bag, mobile phone, remaining acid, glass, and other items; they were also seeking CCTV footage, tracing a mobile number, checking the bike number, and contacting nearby hospitals. The source says the investigation remained ongoing and no arrest was reported.
The accounts conflict sharply. Varsha reportedly admitted to the restaurant owner and police that she poured acid on Vivek after years of alleged blackmail and harassment, while Vivek said an unknown person attacked him near Tapal and denied that Varsha injured him. The source also contains a reporting slip in which Varsha was said to have told police she poured acid on a girl, although the surrounding account identifies Vivek as the alleged target. CCTV had not yet been obtained, and the police had not publicly confirmed the cause or responsibility.
Varsha reportedly arranged or attended a meeting with Vivek at Deepak Fast Food in Center Point, first waiting outside while the restaurant was cleaned and then selecting a particular table. After Vivek joined her, they reportedly talked and ate breakfast. A waiter summoned owner Deepak Garg, who saw Vivek in pain and blackish liquid nearby; Garg said Varsha admitted pouring acid and claimed prolonged blackmail. Varsha reportedly went toward the police, sustained minor burns herself, and was medically treated. Police later found Vivek at a hospital, but his alternative account created a disputed reconstruction requiring CCTV, forensic examination, medical evidence, object recovery, phone-location data, and witness comparison.
The source describes a high-risk combination of alleged prolonged harassment, blackmail, financial demands, relationship deception, divorce-related conflict, and a planned meeting involving acid carried in a glass. Risk interpretation is limited because Vivek denied Varsha's account, the cause was not confirmed by police, CCTV had not yet been procured, and the source does not establish a final legal finding.
The source indicates that prolonged alleged harassment, blackmail, money demands, relationship deception, and unresolved expectations of marriage may have preceded a serious violent escalation. The planned presence of acid in a glass and the meeting at a public restaurant are important reported risk indicators, but they do not independently establish legal responsibility. The most important comparison points are the conflicting accounts, the restaurant witness, the physical items reportedly recovered, medical records, CCTV, and the absence of a reported arrest or final determination.
The reported early signals were alleged long-term blackmail and harassment, repeated money demands, avoidance of marriage discussions, deception about another marriage, disputes after Varsha's divorce, and increased harassment in recent months. These signals were reported by Varsha and were not independently confirmed in the source.
The reported clues included Deepak Garg's account of Varsha's immediate statement, Vivek's reaction and injuries, blackish liquid at the restaurant, Varsha's bag and mobile phone left at the scene, a steel glass, remaining acid, her own minor burns, and the conflicting hospital account. CCTV and bike-number evidence were sought but had not yet been procured.
The strongest reported evidence was the restaurant owner's contemporaneous account, the physical items reportedly taken into police custody, medical treatment records, and possible CCTV footage. The source says CCTV had not yet been obtained, and Vivek's alternative account remained disputed.
Deepak Garg reportedly said Varsha entered the restaurant, waited for a specific table, met Vivek, and later admitted pouring acid because he had blackmailed her. He also reported seeing blackish liquid and hearing Vivek ask what she had done. A waiter reportedly summoned Garg after the incident. Vivek reportedly told police that an unknown person attacked him near Tapal, and he denied Varsha's involvement.
Follow-up questioning changed the case from an apparent restaurant acid attack described by Varsha and the owner into a disputed account. Police later found Vivek receiving treatment, but he alleged a separate attack by an unknown person and declined to complain. The source reported that police continued investigating rather than confirming either account.
It remained unclear who threw the acid, whether Vivek was attacked at the restaurant or near Tapal, why he rejected Varsha's account, where the acid came from, whether CCTV or forensic testing confirmed the restaurant account, the full extent of injuries, and what legal action would follow.