KOLKATA: A 34-year-old lady, residing close to Ajeyo Sanghati membership at Haridevpur in southwest Kolkata, was allegedly attacked with an “acid-like substance over a property dispute” while she was returning house on Wednesday evening. The lady, who won accidents on her face, was mentioned to be out of danger and was released from MR Bangur Hospital on Thursday.
Police have arrested the survivor’s 42-year-old sister and her 19-year-old son from Sanjberia in Narendrapur within the wee hours of Thursday for his or her alleged involvement within the incident. Cops said preliminary probe revealed that a property dispute between the 2 sisters was behind the incident and that this was the first time that an acid-attack case in Kolkata became out to be a fallout of property dispute.
According to the police, the girl — a widow — had crossed the membership place of job and reached its rear side when she was faced by way of her elder sister and her son on Banamali Banerjee Road. Police said that once a brief argument, the 2 accused, who were barefoot, threw “acid-like substance used as a bathroom cleaner” on her face. As the girl cried for help, the accused managed to escape. She was rushed to MR Bangur Hospital where medical doctors admitted her at the emergency ward.
“We have recorded the survivor’s observation where she alleged that she was having a major monetary dispute with her sister. The accused have been changing too many houses but we managed to nab them from an urban village area close to Bishnupur,” said an investigating officer of Haridevpur police that experience lodged an FIR. “Doctors have instructed us that this was now not pure acid and hence they are hopeful that the sufferer would get better,” said a police supply.
The ultimate recorded acid attack happened in Kolkata in 2018 at Anandapur. In 2017, there was an acid attack try on a 25-year-old lady in Behala’s Parnasree. In truth, the first acid attack case was recorded in Kolkata in 2016, when two such incidents took place within the town.
NCRB annual crime document displays that 2016 recorded 283 incidents and 307 victims below sections 326A (acid attack) and 326B (attempt to perform acid attack) of the IPC in India. Twenty-six p.c of the incidents and 27% of the victims were from West Bengal. In comparison, all through the similar period, Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state with over double the inhabitants of Bengal, recorded 57 incidents and 61 victims.
Sources, even though, said there have been a decline in acid assaults in Bengal prior to now two years. “There are actually explicit targets to chop down on such assaults,” an official from Nabanna said.
The Acid Survivors and Women Welfare Foundation (ASWWF) had earlier claimed that Bengal recorded 220 such instances between 2010 and 2016, which is about 20% of all instances recorded within the country.
Police have arrested the survivor’s 42-year-old sister and her 19-year-old son from Sanjberia in Narendrapur within the wee hours of Thursday for his or her alleged involvement within the incident. Cops said preliminary probe revealed that a property dispute between the 2 sisters was behind the incident and that this was the first time that an acid-attack case in Kolkata became out to be a fallout of property dispute.
According to the police, the girl — a widow — had crossed the membership place of job and reached its rear side when she was faced by way of her elder sister and her son on Banamali Banerjee Road. Police said that once a brief argument, the 2 accused, who were barefoot, threw “acid-like substance used as a bathroom cleaner” on her face. As the girl cried for help, the accused managed to escape. She was rushed to MR Bangur Hospital where medical doctors admitted her at the emergency ward.
“We have recorded the survivor’s observation where she alleged that she was having a major monetary dispute with her sister. The accused have been changing too many houses but we managed to nab them from an urban village area close to Bishnupur,” said an investigating officer of Haridevpur police that experience lodged an FIR. “Doctors have instructed us that this was now not pure acid and hence they are hopeful that the sufferer would get better,” said a police supply.
The ultimate recorded acid attack happened in Kolkata in 2018 at Anandapur. In 2017, there was an acid attack try on a 25-year-old lady in Behala’s Parnasree. In truth, the first acid attack case was recorded in Kolkata in 2016, when two such incidents took place within the town.
NCRB annual crime document displays that 2016 recorded 283 incidents and 307 victims below sections 326A (acid attack) and 326B (attempt to perform acid attack) of the IPC in India. Twenty-six p.c of the incidents and 27% of the victims were from West Bengal. In comparison, all through the similar period, Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state with over double the inhabitants of Bengal, recorded 57 incidents and 61 victims.
Sources, even though, said there have been a decline in acid assaults in Bengal prior to now two years. “There are actually explicit targets to chop down on such assaults,” an official from Nabanna said.
The Acid Survivors and Women Welfare Foundation (ASWWF) had earlier claimed that Bengal recorded 220 such instances between 2010 and 2016, which is about 20% of all instances recorded within the country.
Property row triggers acid attack in Kolkata
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