Acid News

The 7-year-old boy was apparently shouting, enraged by which the accused threw acid at him. The boy managed to flee the spot and is undergoing treatment. Police said they are on the lookout for the accused.

 Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal has directed officers to devise a mechanism with active participation of all stakeholders to weed out the "menace" of illegal storage and sale of acid in the city.

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has set up an expert committee which will prepare a model programme to check the open sale of acid and rehabilitate acid attack survivors.

A 17-year-old boy was forced to drink acid by a group of people in Delhi.

A 17-year-old boy was forced to drink acid by a group of people following a scuffle over selling paneer here, police said.

The eight-year-old girl, who accidentally drank acid when she was just 1.5 years old, successfully underwent a rare surgery at Ahmedabad's Vadilal Sarabhai hospital, enabling her to lead a normal life again.

The Delhi Police has arrested the accused after receiving a complaint in this regard at 10.25 am.

A woman allegedly threw acid on her constable husband with the help of her daughter, leaving him seriously injured, after finding out he married another woman in Bani town of Jammu's Kathua district.

Delhi native Preeti Rathi was attacked by acid, thrown at her by Ankur Lal Panwar shortly after she alighted from the Garib Rath Express train at Bandra terminus in 2013.

The police have launched a manhunt for the attackers.