Woman injured in acid attack

Two suspects remain at large after attacking victim from motorbike

CHAK JHUMRA:

Two motorcyclists allegedly threw acid on a woman riding a rickshaw in Gulberg on Sunday. The woman's face was badly burnt and she was shifted to Allied Hospital for immediate medical treatment.

Uzma, a resident of Chak No5 JP, had gone to the market and rode a rickshaw on her way back home. Near a school, two suspects on a motorcycle threw acid on Uzma while she was sitting in the rickshaw. The victim sustained 35 percent burns on her face and body and was shifted to Allied Hospital's burn unit. The rickshaw driver was unharmed.

Police officers including SP Lyallpur Town Rana Rahman Qadir, ASP Gulberg, SHO Gulberg reached the hospital upon receiving information about the incident. Police have started searching for the absconding accused.

In March of last year, a woman sustained burn injuries after she came under an acid attack in Khurrianwala, police said.

According to the police report, Mohammad Rizwan, a resident of Ward No. 12, Nankana, lodged a report with the police stating that suspects Arshad, a resident of Chak No. 70 GB, and Nazia Bibi, resident of Chak No. 225 RB, Ghaffari Town, allegedly armed with a pistol and carrying a bottle of acid arrived at the house of his sister, Farwa, and knocked at the door.

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He said that his sister lived on the upper floor of the house with her nine-month-old son, Ibrahim, while Farwa’s sister-in-law, Iqra Bibi, lived on the ground floor.

Mohammad Rizwan told the police that when his sister Iqra opened the door, the suspects hurtled towards his sister’s room where Nazia allegedly threatened to kill his sister unless she gave them her gold ornaments.

Out of fear, his sister handed the gold ornaments over to Nazia Bibi. Nevertheless, Nazia Bibi threw acid on his sister’s right cheek and lips, injuring her. He told the police that when his sister raised an alarm, the suspects escaped.

Mohammad Rizwan said that his sister called 15, and police arrived at her house. The complainant alleged that the sister-in-law of his sister had colluded with the suspects.

The D Type Colony Police Station registered a case against the suspects and mounted a search for them.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, January 15^th, 2024.