Teen Attacked With Acid By Bike-Borne Assailants In West Delhi Battling Facial, Eye Burns

A 17-year-old schoolgirl is battling severe injuries at Safdarjung Hospital’s burn ICU after two masked men on a bike flung acid at her. 

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 The Class 12 student reportedly left her west Delhi home at 7.30 am for school when the incident occurred. CCTV footage captured the horror of the morning. 

The victim was initially admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital and later referred to Safdarjung Hospital.

The teen was accompanied by her younger sister when the attack happened at Mohan Garden near Uttam Nagar.

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DCP (Dwarka) M Harsha Vardhan told PTI that the sister has named two persons who could be responsible for the attack, and one of them has been held. 

Victim suffered eight per cent facial burns

“She has suffered seven to eight per cent facial burns and her eyes have also been affected. She has been admitted to the burn ICU and is stable,” said a doctor at Safdarjung Hospital.

“My daughter left home at 7.30 am. As soon as she crossed the street, she was attacked. The incident happened within six to seven minutes of her leaving the house. My youngest daughter had gone along with her and then came running to us,” the victim’s father told reporters while waiting outside the burns ward. 

When asked whether she was being harassed or stalked, the father said she made no such complaints. He said that the cops are probing whether the two men knew her. 

Recapping the events of the morning, her uncle said she was walking towards the metro station with her sister when she was attacked. 

“The pain must have been excruciating and she ran towards nearby shops for help. One shopkeeper poured milk on her face to alleviate the agony,” he added. 

“They were waiting for one of their friends so that they could take the metro from Dwarka Mor and go to school. Suddenly, two men on motorcycle arrived there and threw acid on her,” the uncle further said. 

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal reacts 

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal talking about the incident, tweeted, “This cannot be tolerated at all. how have the criminals become so couragous [to commit grave crimes]? Safety of every girl child in Delhi is important to us.”

DCW issues notice to police

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The National Commission For Women (NCW) has taken cognisance of the attack, while the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued notice to the police. 

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“Acid was thrown at a school girl near Dwarka Mor… Will get justice for the daughter. The Delhi Commission for Women has been fighting for years to ban acid in the country. When will the government wake up?” DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal wrote in a tweet in Hindi.

Following the increase in the number of acid attacks, the Supreme Court in 2013 banned the over-the-counter sale of acid at retail outlets and ordered a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to be paid by state governments to each acid attack victim.

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