Acid attack leaves 47-year-old Jalandhar woman with 35-40% burns
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, August 30
Acid attack on a 47-year-old woman left her critically injured, police said on Monday.
A fellow factory worker whom police identified as Sohal Lal (50) was arrested.
The victim, Raj Rani, suffered 35-40 per cent burns, police said, and was admitted to the district civil hospital. The burns were primarily on her face, hands and knees, police said.
Both the suspect and the victim worked at Vijay Factory, a hardware manufacturing unit near Focal Point.
The victim’s 20-year-old son, who also works at the same factory as his mother, said, said that the victim and the suspect had an argument.
“I took my mother to the hospital on my bike. She was in unbearable pain. After a verbal spat with my mother, the suspect threw nearly 50 ML acid at her,” he said.
Police said that co-workers caught hold of the suspect and handed him in to law enforcement authorities.
The victim’s 19-year-old daughter Maneesha quoted doctors as saying that the acid had damaged her vision.
Assistant Sub Inspector Madan Singh, a cop at the Focal Point Police station who was investigating the case, said they were still investigating the case and had yet to know what prompted the attack.
“We’re checking security cameras in the factory,” he said.
