India, Oct. 29 -- What started as an 'acid attack' on a 20-year-old Delhi University student ended up being a twisted plot to 'settle scores' with the other families with whom they had several disputes, property tiffs, rape and blackmail.

On Sunday, the woman, a student of DU's School of Open Learning, alleged that three men on a bike threw acid on her while she was walking to college. With burn injuries on her hand, she was admitted to RML Hospital.

While police began probing the case, the situation turned dramatic as they found 'contradictions' between the woman's statement and the CCTV footage.

Police on Monday said that the father of the 20-year-old DU student admitted that he staged the alleged acid attack to frame three men with ...