In her court statement, Anu said: "She (Meena Khan) was envious of me and I was more beautiful and was a good dancer and for this reason she used to hate me. During that quarrel, she threatened me saying she would get acid thrown at me and get me killed."

A native of Kalibari, Kolkata, Anu's father was an advocate, her mother a housewife and she had two elder sisters, staying in a slum.

Meena Khan alias Simran and her brother Raju alias Qayoom were sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment.