<p>A post graduate student allegedly threw acid on her former lecturer outside a government polytechnic college at Nallapadu in Guntur district today, apparently to take "revenge" from him for reneging on his promise to marry her, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident occurred when the young woman, who is currently pursuing PG in mathematics at Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, threw the corrosive substance on Venkataramana at the college gate.<br /><br />The girl, clad in a burqua to conceal her identity, was identified as Soujanya, police said.<br />"Wearing 'burqua' to hide her identity, Soujanya waited at the gate of the government polytechnic college at Nallapadu, where Venkataramana is a lecturer and threw acid on him when he came out during lunch hour," Guntur (South) DSP, K Narasimha, told PTI.<br /><br />He said Venkatramana suffered burn injuries on his face though he tried to fend her off by holding her hand.<br /><br />"In the process to resist her bid, some drops of acid fell on her cheek," the officer said, adding that the duo are admitted to a hospital.<br /><br />The DSP said that Soujanya was earlier a student of Venkataramana when he was teaching in a degree college in Narasaraopet, where they developed intimacy and agreed to enter into wedlock.<br /><br />But thereafter, she left to do her post graduation in Andhra University in Visakhapatnam and Venkatramana to Nallapadu.<br /><br />"Venkataramana got married to another woman last year, and he was avoiding Soujanya," Narasimha said, adding that a case will be lodged soon.</p>
<p>A post graduate student allegedly threw acid on her former lecturer outside a government polytechnic college at Nallapadu in Guntur district today, apparently to take "revenge" from him for reneging on his promise to marry her, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident occurred when the young woman, who is currently pursuing PG in mathematics at Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, threw the corrosive substance on Venkataramana at the college gate.<br /><br />The girl, clad in a burqua to conceal her identity, was identified as Soujanya, police said.<br />"Wearing 'burqua' to hide her identity, Soujanya waited at the gate of the government polytechnic college at Nallapadu, where Venkataramana is a lecturer and threw acid on him when he came out during lunch hour," Guntur (South) DSP, K Narasimha, told PTI.<br /><br />He said Venkatramana suffered burn injuries on his face though he tried to fend her off by holding her hand.<br /><br />"In the process to resist her bid, some drops of acid fell on her cheek," the officer said, adding that the duo are admitted to a hospital.<br /><br />The DSP said that Soujanya was earlier a student of Venkataramana when he was teaching in a degree college in Narasaraopet, where they developed intimacy and agreed to enter into wedlock.<br /><br />But thereafter, she left to do her post graduation in Andhra University in Visakhapatnam and Venkatramana to Nallapadu.<br /><br />"Venkataramana got married to another woman last year, and he was avoiding Soujanya," Narasimha said, adding that a case will be lodged soon.</p>