GURGAON: The live-in partner of the 19-year-old student from Tripura poured sanitiser on her private parts and burned them after holding her captive for three days at a paying guest (PG) accommodation. Days after the accused was arrested, it has now come to light that the woman – a second-year BSc Biotechnology student at a private university in the city – was subjected to extreme physical abuse by her partner between Feb 16 and 18 at the PG accommodation in Sector 69. The man was arrested on Feb 19. Her mother has claimed that the accused (19) urinated on the student and burned her private parts “three times every day during the confinement”, adding, the woman told her over the phone: “I don’t have time, I will be killed.” The woman, in her statement to the police, said that the accused made a video of her during the assault. The woman is undergoing treatment in Delhi after sustaining multiple injuries. He also used a knife to cut her at various places on the body, she alleged. The mother alleged, “(The accused) raped my daughter on the false promise of marriage.” According to the FIR registered at Badshahpur police station, the accused met the woman through an online app on Sept 6, 2025. By the end of that month, she visited him at his residence in Delhi where – she said in her complaint – he promised marriage and established physical relations with her for the first time. The two later began living together in a rented accommodation in Gurgaon. She said, “He grew increasingly suspicious and violent.” In Jan, he assaulted her and pressured her not to inform her family. On Feb 13, they shifted to the PG in Sector 69, which was taken on rent in the name of the accused. The violence escalated on Feb 16. The complainant said, “He beat me repeatedly, struck my head against a bed and an almirah, hit me with a steel bottle and smashed an earthen pot on my head.” She alleged that he poured sanitiser on her private parts and set them on fire, threatening that he would beat her so severely that she would “never be able to walk properly or become a mother” He also used a knife to inflict cuts on her legs and assaulted her with kicks and punches over the next three days. The FIR says that the woman was confined inside the room during this period. On Feb 18, around 10pm, she managed to call her mother from his phone and informed her about her condition in Bengali, as he did not understand the language. Recounting the call, the mother said her daughter sounded terrified. “A man has been assaulting me for the last three days. He hit me and also burnt me. He will kill me today,” she recalled her daughter telling her at around 10pm. After receiving the call, the mother alerted the police control room. A team reached the PG and took the woman to Civil Hospital in Sector 10. Doctors initially declared her unfit for a statement and referred her to Safdarjung Hospital. After being declared fit, she gave a detailed statement to the police. The accused was arrested after the case was registered under sections 115 (voluntarily causing hurt), 118(1) (voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 118(2) (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt), 127(2) (wrongful confinement), 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means), and 351(2) (criminal intimidation). Police spokesperson Sandeep Turan (ASI) said, “The girl was rescued by police and hospitalised. Her condition is currently stable. Police took immediate action and arrested the accused. Police are continuously in contact with doctors and family and some opinion is yet to be received from the doctors, if any further sections need to be added.” Police said that considering the family’s emotions and present condition, a deep investigation is being conducted in the case. “The case is being treated as an identified crime, in which it is continuously monitored and the presence of witnesses is ensured on every date and the trial is completed as soon as possible. There will be a demand from the police side in court that the strictest, maximum punishment in this case should be given to the accused,” the officer added.
