Tag: Acid Attack

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7 of family injured in acid attack; accused arrested

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 […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
Six injured in London acid attack

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”, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Gang rape victim in UP attacked fifth time in nine years

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 […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Acid attack victims to get quota in central govt jobs

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 […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Man hurls acid at wife suspecting her fidelity

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 […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Miscreants throw acid at 20-year-old woman

Hooghly: A 20-year-old woman suffered injuries when miscreants threw acid at her in Hooghly district, a senior police officer said today. Sovan Malik, a resident of Ramchandrapur village in Singur was cycling to her home after getting down from a train at Biara station when the miscreants who were on motorcycles follwed her threw acid […]

  • Sunday, 27 June 2021
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Woman doctor becomes acid attack victim

Two unidentified assailants threw acid on a 30-year-old woman doctor at a crowded marketplace in West Delhi's Rajouri Garden area on Tuesday

  • Sunday, 27 June 2021
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Acid attack, chopped fingers! Odisha labourers 'brutalised' in Andhra Pradesh

Sundergarh: Their pursuit for livelihood has taken them far away from their homeland, but their travails have only earned them brutality and exploitation. Odisha labourers who have managed to escape from a brick kiln in Vizianagaram of Andhra Pradesh have alleged that the kiln owner threw acid on a labourer and also chopped another’s finger […]

  • Thursday, 24 June 2021
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Acid attack survivor among bravery award winners

A 16-year-old acid attack survivor is among the 24 children who would be conferred this year's National Bravery Award, it was announced Saturday

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Three of a family critical after acid attack in Kendrapara

Kendrapara: In a shocking incident, three persons have been critically injured after unidentified miscreants threw acid at them in Mahakalpara area of the district here late on Tuesday night. According to information, one Himansu Barik, his wife Namita Barik and their two-year-old girl Subhashree sustained severe injuries after some unidentified miscreants attacked them with acid […]

  • Friday, 18 June 2021
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Acid poured on teenager in Bihar for resisting rape

Patna: In a horror of an incident a teenager in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district was bathed with acid after she resisted an attempt to gang rape by a group of four youths, police said on Saturday. The 16-year-old Class 11 student is battling for her life in a hospital. The police have arrested two suspects in […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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70 acid attack cases in Odisha between 2011 and 2019: NGO

Bhubaneswar: Seventy cases of acid attacks were reported in Odisha between 2011 and 2019, an NGO providing relief to the survivors said. The data was presented at a symposium on “Eradication of Acid Violence” organised here on Saturday by the Acid Survivors and Women Welfare Foundation (ASWWF). ASWWF’s Odisha chapter resident representative T N Panda […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Op-Ed: Let’s End This Menace

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reported 70 cases of acid attack between 2011 and 2019, according to an NGO engaged in helping acid attack survivors. Both government and the civil society need to take these statistics seriously because victims invariably are women, especially young women who are left with permanent scars on their bodies […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Odisha Girl Throws Acid On Youth Over 'Unrequited Love'

Cuttack: In what could be termed as a countertrend, a girl allegedly threw acid on a youth reportedly over a failed relationship with him in Jagatpur area of Cuttack late last night. Sustaining burn injuries on his face and chest, the youth whose identity hasn’t been disclosed was immediately rushed to SCB Medical College and […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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UP Rape Victim Attacked With Acid By Accused

Muzaffarnagar: In another incident of crime against women, a woman was attacked with acid by four men in Uttar Pradesh Muzaffarnagar for refusing to withdraw her complaint of rape against them. The 30-year-old woman suffered 30 per cent burns and is undergoing treatment at a Meerut hospital. Circle Officer Girja Shanker Tripathi of Shahpur police […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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