The girl's father told her condition is critical...
New Delhi: On Wednesday, 14 December 2022, A 17-year-old teenage girl hospitalised with serious injuries after two men on a bike threw acid at her in southwest Delhi's Dwarka area.
The girl's father told the media that her condition is critical and that the chemical had splashed across her face and also entered her eyes too. The girl, police said, has identified two suspects and one of them has been detained as of now.
Shocking footage of the incident captured by a CCTV camera in the area shows the two girls walking by the roadside when a bike slows down and one of the riders throws a liquid substance at the 17-year-old. She is then seen holding her face and running, clearly in extreme pain.
"Both the daughters, one aged 17 and the other aged 13, were out together this morning. Suddenly, two men on a bike threw acid at my elder daughter and drove away from the spot. They had covered their faces," the girl's father told the media.
On being asked if his daughter had complained about harassment by anyone, her father said, "No, she did not. If she had, I would have accompanied her everywhere. The sisters would travel to school together in the Metro."
NDTV also spoke to the girl's mother. She, too, said that the teenager had not spoken at home about anyone disturbing or following her.
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