Uttar Pradesh woman receives burn injuries in acid attack

A woman has suffered an acid attack after three bike-borne men allegedly threw acid on her. She has received burn injuries on her face and neck and the probe is underway.

Banda: A 24-year-old woman received burn injuries on her face and neck when three bike-borne men allegedly threw acid on her, police said on Thursday.

The woman, a resident of Sarvoday Nagar, was returning home on an e-rickshaw on Wednesday after giving her statement to the CO city in connection with an ongoing dispute with her husband when the three bike-borne men attacked her with acid, SHO of city Kotwali Dinesh Singh said.

Based on a complaint lodged by the woman's father, an FIR was registered against her husband Santram Tiwari, brother-in-law Jageshwar Shukla and an unidentified person, he said.

The woman has received burn injuries on her face and neck, Dr Vineet Sachan at the district hospital said.

PTI report