Overview
- Police arrested Aqeel (Akil) Khan, who is also accused in a separate rape and blackmail case filed by the wife of the man initially named as the attacker.
- Investigators say Khan admitted instructing his daughter to pour toilet cleaner on herself to fabricate the incident.
- Call detail records, CCTV and witness accounts placed Jitender in Karol Bagh at the time, and no motorcycle or acid container was found at the alleged site.
- The other two named men, Ishan and Arman, were traced to Agra and later joined the probe, while the student, her brother Yunus and uncle Vakeel Khan are being questioned.
- Officers say they will add Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections on false information and criminal conspiracy as forensic tests continue, noting a property dispute and a 2018 acid-attack case as relevant background.