Tag: Acid Attack

Kalahandi: Despite awareness campaigns, there seems to be no end to atrocities against women with one more girl becoming target of acid attack in Odisha. This time the shocking incident has been reported from Kalahandi district. According to reports, the girl has been critically injured after a youth allegedly threw acid suspectedly over unrequited love […]

Bhubaneswar: Hope of justice has finally come alive for Pramodini Roul as Odisha Police have managed to arrest two persons including the prime accused Santosh Bedanta in connection with the 2009 acid attack case. Santosh, an Indian Army Jawan posted at Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir, was arrested by a special team of Jagatsinghpur police […]

Berhampur: In a ghastly incident, a student of MKCG Medical College in Berhampur was attacked with acid on the campus allegedly by her husband. The student studying in the third year Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology (DMLT) has sustained burn injuries and been admitted to the hospital. The incident occurred at around 10.30 am this […]

Balasore: A woman sustained serious burn injuries after her mother-in-law allegedly threw acid on her over dowry at Deula village under Bhograi police limits in Balasore district on Monday. The woman was admitted to Balasore district headquarters hospital  in critical condition. As per the complaint, the mother-in-law and husband of the victim had been reportedly […]

Bhubaneswar: Just as the pain of Nirbhaya, Bilkis Bano and more recently Rohtak gangarape cases raise question marks on girls’ safety; this incident of harassment of an engineering student on campus in the city will certainly shake one’s conscience. The girl in her complaint filed in Chandrasekharpur Police Station, alleged that she has been harassed […]

Bhubaneswar:  A horrifying acid attack eight years back has completely changed Pramodini Roul’s life leaving her visually impaired.  The girl, now 24, from Tirtol in Jagatsinghpur district is still running from pillar to post to see the accused behind bars. Pramodini was 16-years-old when a youth Santosh Bedanta had allegedly threw acid on her on […]

Baripada: Miscreants hurled acid on a newly elected Samiti member over political rivalry at Jharapokharia in Maurbhanj district today. Victim Hadibandhu Naik narrowly escaped as his was covered with blanket. The incident took place when he was asleep at night. He sustained minor injuries on his face. He has been admitted to district headquarters hospital […]

Phulbani: A woman was allegedly injured in an acid attacked by her husband in Dimiriguda village under Phiringia police limits over suspicion of having an extra-marital affair. The victim has been identified as Panchami Digal. The incident occurred late last night, when Panchami’s husband poured acid on her while she was asleep. Panchami was rushed […]

Berhampur: Police on Monday arrested another accused in the Gangapur acid attack case of Ganjam district. He was identified as Tophan Sahoo. Sahoo is an associate of the main accused-Lipun Bisoyee- who was arrested by Badagada police on Sunday. Police said critically injured Mamuni Bisoyee is undergoing treatment at MKCG medical College and Hospital here. […]

Barely 24 hours of a shocking incident in which a minor girl was seriously injured after a miscreant threw acid on her body, police today arrested the accused

Bhubaneswar: In a spine chilling incident, seven members of a family – four girl children, two women and one man – were injured in an acid attack at Dhirkuti slum under Saheed Nagar police limits here on Thursday morning. According to sources, the incident took place when the wife of Sura Behera, the main accused […]

London: Six people were injured in a suspected acid attack in London, according to the Metropolitan Police. The police were called to Stratford Centre at 8 p.m. on Saturday following an “altercation” between two groups of males where a noxious substance was thrown, reports the BBC. The injuries were “not life threatening or life changing”, […]

Lucknow: A woman who was promised round-the-clock security by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after an acid attack in March was in a hospital here on Sunday after suffering another acid attack, police said. The victim sustained burn injuries on the right side of her face and shoulder when unidentified miscreants hurled acid at […]

New Delhi: People with autism, mental illnesses, intellectual disability and victims of acid attacks will now get quota in central government jobs, an official order said. In case of direct recruitment, four per cent of the total number of vacancies, up from the existing three per cent, in groups A, B and C shall be […]

Jajpur: A man allegedly hurled acid at his wife suspecting her fidelity in Jajpur district, police said today. The woman, aged around 40 years, received serious burn injuries on her face and back in the incident on Saturday evening at Malapada village, they said. The woman was rescued by neighbours who admitted her to the […]