India, Oct. 28 -- A day after the alleged acid attack on a Delhi University student near Laxmi Bai College, Delhi Police have tracked and apprehended Akeel Khan, the father of the 20-year-old victim, who was previously reported as absconding.

The arrest, confirmed late Monday evening by senior officials at Bharat Nagar police station, marks a pivotal shift in an investigation already mired in contradictions, family vendettas, and competing narratives of harassment and revenge.

Khan, a 45-year-old factory owner from Mukundpur, was located hiding in a relative's residence in neighbouring Ghaziabad after a tip-off from local intelligence networks.

According to police sources, he is being transported back to Delhi under heavy escort for in...