India, Oct. 29 -- The man who was initially named as the main accused in the alleged acid attack on a 20-year-old Delhi University student has claimed he was wrongly framed in what was revealed to be a staged incident by the victim's own family.

"I was falsely implicated. The entire incident was a conspiracy to trap me," the man told PTI news agency. The alleged attack took place on Sunday in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar area.

The man said he was nowhere near the spot during the incident.

"I was working in Karol Bagh that day. Around 7.30 pm, the police called to inform me about the case," he said.

On Tuesday, the Delhi Police revealed that their investigation had found the student's father, identified as Aqeel Khan, along with her u...