KOLKATA: A cabby allegedly threw an unidentified fluid on six folks near Panditiya Road in south Kolkata on Sunday night earlier than being overpowered by bystanders. He, alternatively, bit one in all his captors and fled.
He threw the fluid on two sisters walking home with a male friend from a transferring taxi.
TOI visited the realm on Monday, to learn by locals that he had previous thrown some fluid on 3 different ladies between Fort Oasis and Palazzo Apartments, not up to 300 metres aside.
Cops are yet to ascertain what the fluid was, however preliminary investigation ruled out the potential of acid. Locals chased and stopped the automobile but the motive force escaped by biting one in all his captors. Police later seized the automobile but the motive force at the run.
Cops mentioned the 2 sisters, elderly 23 and 19, were walking in opposition to their home with a 23-year-old male friend around nine.15pm when the taxi motive force coming from the opposite finish threw the fluid at them.
“I was walking in opposition to home once I saw the driver take out a bottle from the window and sprinkle something at us. The second it fell on my face, there was burning sensation and my face began itching. I sat at the street,” mentioned the 23-year-old girl on Monday.
The locals and safety guards from an adjacent development came to her help, suspecting it to be acid. Locals washed her face to make sure the chemical had no impact at the skin. The fluid, which had additionally fallen at the friend’s blouse, discoloured it.
“Preliminary findings say the fluid was non-corrosive in nature and doesn’t appear to be acid. We have sent samples for forensic check,” mentioned an officer of the Rabindra Sarobar police station.
“The motive force’s home is in Kalighat however he was no longer found there. We are tracking his cell phone and are trying to arrest him,” mentioned the officer.
He threw the fluid on two sisters walking home with a male friend from a transferring taxi.
TOI visited the realm on Monday, to learn by locals that he had previous thrown some fluid on 3 different ladies between Fort Oasis and Palazzo Apartments, not up to 300 metres aside.
Cops are yet to ascertain what the fluid was, however preliminary investigation ruled out the potential of acid. Locals chased and stopped the automobile but the motive force escaped by biting one in all his captors. Police later seized the automobile but the motive force at the run.
Cops mentioned the 2 sisters, elderly 23 and 19, were walking in opposition to their home with a 23-year-old male friend around nine.15pm when the taxi motive force coming from the opposite finish threw the fluid at them.
“I was walking in opposition to home once I saw the driver take out a bottle from the window and sprinkle something at us. The second it fell on my face, there was burning sensation and my face began itching. I sat at the street,” mentioned the 23-year-old girl on Monday.
The locals and safety guards from an adjacent development came to her help, suspecting it to be acid. Locals washed her face to make sure the chemical had no impact at the skin. The fluid, which had additionally fallen at the friend’s blouse, discoloured it.
“Preliminary findings say the fluid was non-corrosive in nature and doesn’t appear to be acid. We have sent samples for forensic check,” mentioned an officer of the Rabindra Sarobar police station.
“The motive force’s home is in Kalighat however he was no longer found there. We are tracking his cell phone and are trying to arrest him,” mentioned the officer.
Cabby throws 'chemical' at 5 women, bites man
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