2 women face acid attack in separate incidents

Kanpur: In two separate incidents of acid attack, two women suffured burn injuries in Kannauj and Banda districts on Thursday.
In the first incident, a 24-year-old woman suffered severe burn injuries when her alleged ex-lover threw acid on her on Thursday. The incident took place when the woman was alone in her house in Gursahaiganj area of Kannauj.
The accused identified as Haseem, a resident of Sayyed Bada locality is on the run.
After the incident, the woman approached the Kotwali police and registered a written complaint against the accused. The woman stated in her complaint that she was in a relationship with the accused around two years ago. Later, her parents got her married to a man in Jaipur, Rajasthan. When Haseem found out about this, he started visiting her house in Kannauj and kept asking her family about her whereabouts.
“The woman came to meet her parents on Tuesday. On getting the information, Haseem barged into her house on Wednesday afternoon while she was alone in the house. Later, a verbal dispute broke out between them and Haseem threw acid on her and fled the spot,” said the investigators.
An FIR under relevant sections of IPC was registered against the accused.
The woman sustained severe burn injuries on her vital body parts including her face and was rushed to district hospital for treatment.
Her condition is stated to be stable now and further treatment is on.
Circle Officer (Sadar) Shrikant Prajapati said, “The accused was frustrated over woman’s marriage with someone else. We are conducting raids to nab the accused.”
In a similar incident, a 24-year-old woman suffered burn injuries on her face and neck when three bike-borne men allegedly threw acid on her on Wednesday.
“The woman, a resident of Sarvodaya Nagar, was returning home on an e-rickshaw after giving her statement to the CO city in connection with an ongoing dispute with her husband when three bike-borne men intercepted the rickshaw and threw acid on her,” inspector Kotwali Dinesh Singh said.
“Investigations are underway following a complaint by the woman’s father. An FIR under relevant sections of IPC was registered against her husband Santram Tiwari, brother-in-law Jageshwar Shukla and one other,” he said.