Five injured in acid attack in Bihar

Following acid attack, five persons have sustained burn injuries in Supaul district. Verbal duel between neighbours got aggravated leading to the attack.

Patna: At least five persons have sustained burn injuries in Bihar's Supaul district following acid attack, the police said.The incident happened during an altercation between some villagers in Machaha village under Triveniganj police station.

Sunil Kumar, investigating officer of Triveniganj, said: "A puja was organised in the house of Rupesh Shah. As per the ritual, Shah's kin had spread pop corn in the adjoining areas which also included front area of Anmol Yadav's house."

Yadav objected to the spreading of corn and asked them to do that away from his house, leading to a verbal duel between them. It got further aggravated when both sides attacked each other using batons and iron rods.

During the altercation, one of the family members allegedly threw an acid bottle on the group of persons led by Anmol Yadav.

Five persons -- Chandrashekhar Singh, Bablu Kumar, Om Prakash Kumar, Tarun Kumar and Amit Kumar sustained severe burn injuries after they were attacked with acid, Kumar said on Tuesday.

"They were initially admitted to a sub-divisional hospital in Triveniganj where doctors referred them to Sadar hospital after their condition became critical," he said.

FIR has been registered against Shah and other accused and investigation is underway, the police officer said.

IANS