Shahjahanpur (UP), April 20 -- A man threw acid on his wife and two daughters, allegedly on the suspicion of illicit relations, in the Nigohi area of the Shahjahanpur district here in Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said here on Sunday.

Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Devendra Kumar said that Ramguni (43) lives in a rented house in Tikri village with her two daughters and a son, while her husband Ram Gopal lives in the Shahabad police station of Hardoi district.

"Late on Friday night, when Ramguni was sleeping with her daughters, her husband scaled the wall, entered the house and threw acid on the wife and daughters," he said.

He said that Ramguni's son Ashu told the police that his father Ram Gopal is an addict and had also ...