Accused arrested…
Police said on Wednesday, 22 November 2023, a 17-year-old girl was attacked with acid by a man who had been stalking her in Assam's Barpeta district.
The girl is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital, they added.
On Sunday, the girl and her sister were coming back from a local book fair when the man approached the two and poured acid at the girl before fleeing.
The girl was immediately taken to a nearby hospital by locals who heard her screams. She was later referred to the Gauhati Medical College & Hospital and her condition is reported to be extremely serious.
The attacker was arrested from his house and a case has been filed against him. "We have arrested the accused and are interrogating him. He has confessed to his crime," a police official said.
On Saturday, a similar case came to light, a man paid a worker at his shop to throw acid at a 23-year-old bride-to-be in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj on Saturday.
The man who was a former boyfriend of the woman was upset over her engagement to another man.
On Saturday, he paid a worker at his shop Rs.15,000 and gave him acid from his car battery to attack the woman. He had planned the attack for 4-5 days, police said.
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