25-year-old Arrested for Bid to Inject HIV Blood
Police said both the accused and the victim were in a relationship and are also related to each other.
Hyderabad: A 25 year old man was arrested for allegedly injecting his blood into a woman in an attempt to infect her with HIV, reportedly over her refusal to marry him, at her residence in Annojiguda in the Pocharam IT corridor.
According to Uppal deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Suresh Kumar, the incident occurred on March 11 while the victim was alone at home. The accused allegedly entered her house and an argument broke out between the two. Following this, the accused injected his blood into the victim using a syringe, in an attempt to infect her with HIV. Names of persons involved have been withheld as per law.
Soon after, the victim developed a fever and informed her parents, who rushed her to a nearby hospital where she is currently being treated. Police said the accused later burned the syringe in a fire at a rubbish yard to destroy evidence.
Police said both the accused and the victim were in a relationship and are also related to each other. However, in September, when the victim had the accused tested at a hospital in Uppal, she discovered that he and his parents were HIV positive.
Learning of this, the victim and her family turned down the marriage proposal made by the accused and his family. Resenting this, the accused is known to have taken this step. Police confirmed that he injected his own blood into the victim.
Regarding the medical condition of the victim, two conflicting versions emerged from different officers. While one official said that medical reports and the complaint suggest the victim has tested positive for HIV, another official closely involved in the investigation said confirming the HIV status would take longer, as it ideally takes 10–45 days, and that the current reports have yielded a negative result.
Pocharam IT corridor inspector B Raju said the accused had been planning the crime for the past two weeks and had been monitoring the victim and her family’s movements.
Gandhi Hospital additional superintendent Dr Shobha said, “We had treated her in the outpatient of the ART centre. Only after further inquiry would we be able to officially confirm whether she was injected.”
Based on a complaint by the victim’s father on the evening of March 13, Pocharam police registered a case under Section 109 of the BNS (attempt to murder), and further investigation into the incident is underway. The accused has been remanded in judicial custody. Both of them were working as private employees in the city.
