Acid Attack: News

15 Dec 2022

Delhi

Delhi acid attack: Accused bought acid off Flipkart; 3 held

Three individuals have been arrested so far in connection with an acid attack on a 17-year-old girl in west Delhi on Wednesday morning, the police confirmed.

14 Dec 2022

Delhi

Delhi: 17-year-old girl attacked with acid, one suspect detained

In a shocking incident, two bike-borne men reportedly attacked a teenage girl with acid in Delhi under the Mohan Garden police station.

25 Feb 2020

Curfew

#DelhiRiots: Acid thrown on paramilitary forces; curfew in 4 places

The violence and clashes over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Northeast Delhi have reached shocking proportions with rioters reportedly throwing acid on paramilitary forces in Karawal Nagar as they were trying to control the situation.

08 Jan 2020

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'Chhapaak': Religion of acid attacker changed from Muslim to Hindu?

After actor Deepika Padukone was slammed for attending a protest at Jawaharlal Nehru University, her upcoming film Chhapaak has become the center of a heated communal debate.

24 Dec 2019

Mumbai

School principal, teacher attack 15-year-old with acid in Mumbai

A teenager in Mumbai suffered severe burn injuries after she was allegedly attacked with acid by the principal of her alma mater.

17 Dec 2019

India

Inspiring stories of five acid attack survivors to know about

Acid attacks are the most horrendous and gruesome crimes that not only cause physical trauma but emotional and psychological trauma to victims.

26 Oct 2019

Delhi Police

19-year-old throws acid on boyfriend for refusing to marry her

A shocking incident has come to fore from Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh, where a 19-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly throwing acid on her boyfriend on Thursday.

02 Oct 2019

India

Went through 54 surgeries: Kangana's sister Rangoli on acid attack

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli Chandel, an acid attack survivor, recently shared details of her harrowing attack and recovery, on Twitter.

17 Jun 2019

Delhi

Delhi woman throws acid on boyfriend for refusing to marry

In an unprecedented incident, a Delhi woman attacked her boyfriend with acid after he refused to marry her and ended their relationship, the police said.

01 Jun 2019

Deepika Padukone

#6YearsOfYJHD: Ranbir, Deepika recreate the iconic Balam Pichkari moment

If there was one song back in the year 2013 that got all the millennials singing and dancing, it was the uber-popular and catchy Holi song, from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, called Balam Pichkari.

25 Mar 2019

Deepika Padukone

#Chhapaak: Deepika Padukone shares first look as acid attack survivor

Deepika Padukone is one actress who never fails to surprise her fans.

Punjab cop poured acid down man's mouth to get 'confession'

In what appears to be a horrific case of prison interrogation, a sub-inspector of the Punjab Police was booked by the CBI's special crime branch for pouring acid into the mouth of a man who was arrested in a drug case.

19 Jan 2019

Mumbai

Mumbai: Man sprinkled chemical on several women, enjoyed their suffering

A 24-year-old man was arrested in Mumbai yesterday for sprinkling a burning adhesive on several women at Andheri Railway Station in past one month.

11 Dec 2018

India

Meghna Gulzar's next is on acid-attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal

Filmmaker Meghna Gulzar, known for films like Talvar and Raazi, is set to direct a film on acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal.

18 Sep 2018

India

India's best-known acid attack survivor's plight highlights a larger problem

Winner of the US State Department's International Women of Courage Award in 2014, India's best-known acid attack survivor, Laxmi Agarwal, is now living without a job, and may soon lose her home.

Punjab: Acid attack on BEd student, suffers severe burn injuries

A 23-year-old woman suffered severe burn injuries when two unidentified masked men allegedly threw acid on her in Thoba village, nearly twenty 25km from Amritsar, Punjab, police said on Saturday.

03 Sep 2018

Karnataka

Karnataka: Mystery acid attack on Congress rally injures 10

A mystery acid attack on Congress members in Karnataka has resulted in one Congress candidate and his nine supporters suffering minor injuries.

10 Jun 2018

India

Delhi: Man drinks acid after throwing it on wife, daughters

A 40-year-old man allegedly threw acid on his wife and two daughters and then drank it to kill himself in northeast Delhi's Karawal Nagar yesterday, police said.

31 Mar 2018

Rajasthan

Rajasthan: Woman pours acid on infant to cure pneumonia

In Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan, a woman reportedly poured acid on one-month-old Priyanshu to cure his pneumonia.

21 Mar 2018

Crime Against Women

Ghaziabad: Female stalker allegedly gets acid thrown on 23-year-old woman

A 23-year-old woman of Ghaziabad sustained severe burn injuries when two motorcycle-borne men threw a corrosive substance, presumably acid, at her while she was in an autorickshaw.

28 Jan 2018

India

Acid attack victims, disabled to get quotas in govt jobs

The government has finalized reservation in central government jobs for people with autism, mental illness, intellectual disability and acid attack victims.

13 Dec 2017

Telangana

Inspired by movie, Telangana woman murders husband, disfigures boyfriend's face

In a shocking incident, a Telangana woman, along with her paramour, killed her husband. She then poured acid on her boyfriend's face and got it surgically altered to pass him off as her dead husband.

24 Sep 2017

London

Acid attack in London leaves six injured

A reported acid attack in Stratford, East London, has left six people injured.

02 Jul 2017

Lucknow

Gangrape survivor attacked with acid for fourth time in Lucknow

In a ghastly case, a gangrape survivor in Lucknow was attacked with acid for the fourth time in a row near her hostel in Aliganj area on Saturday night.

13 Jun 2017

Uttarakhand

HC directs fast disposal of sexual harassment, acid attack cases

The Uttarakhand HC has directed all courts in the state to hear cases of acid attack, sexual harassment, stalking and voyeurism daily and dispose them of in three months.

24 May 2017

Mumbai

Mumbai based acid attack victim finds love at 26

In 2012, Lalita Ben Bansi was attacked with acid by her cousin, who threw it on her over a minor argument.