Tirupati: A jilted nurse threw acid on a 35-year-old doctor inside a court premises here and allegedly attempted to commit suicide by consuming it, police said Thursday. The doctor narrowly escaped with minor injuries, they said.
The incident took place when the doctor working in a private hospital came to court in connection with a family dispute. The nurse had developed personal enmity towards the doctor after they parted ways from a hospital where they worked together earlier, police informed.
The nurse, who was aware of his visit, had covered her head and face with a cloth and threw the bottle filled with acid at the doctor in the court premises.
Police immediately overpowered the nurse and took her into custody and admitted her to a government hospital suspecting that she might have had consumed the rest of the acid after the attack. Sources later in the day said the conditions of both are stable.
PTI