India, April 21 -- LUCKNOW Suspecting an extra-marital relationship, a man allegedly attacked his estranged wife and their two daughters, aged 22 and 16 years, with acid when they were sleeping in the wee hours of Saturday in a Shahjahanpur village, police officials said on Sunday.

The husband, identified as Ram Gopal, 50, had been arrested even as further investigation into the case was underway, they added. Meanwhile, the three women are said to have suffered severe injuries and were admitted to the local medical college.

Also, a shopkeeper, who sold him the acid, has been detained. His arrest could not be confirmed till the time this report was filed.

Shahjahanpur superintendent of police (SP) Rajesh Dwivedi Ramguni, 46, lived with ...