New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- In a dramatic twist, Delhi Police on Monday claimed the college student who had alleged an acid attack made a false claim at the behest of her father, who sought revenge over a rape complaint, HT reported earlier.

The father has been arrested for allegedly staging the acid attack using a toilet cleaner and for raping the wife of the man his daughter had accused of throwing "acid" at her.

On Sunday morning, a 20-year-old second-year BCom student enrolled in Delhi University's Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board alleged that she had been attacked with acid by three men.

She named the three as Jitender and his two accomplices, Ishan and Arman, both brothers, and, as it later turned out, her relatives.

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