This story is from October 14, 2020

Acid attack on 3 minor Dalit sisters in Gonda, 1 held

Three minor Dalit sisters suffered burn injuries when a local youth allegedly threw acid on them, while they were asleep in their house in Gonda on Tuesday morning.
Acid attack on 3 minor Dalit sisters in Gonda, 1 held
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LUCKNOW: Three minor Dalit sisters suffered burn injuries when a local youth allegedly threw acid on them, while they were asleep in their house in Gonda on Tuesday morning.
Aged 17, 12 and 8 years, the girls live with their parents in Paraspur police station area of the district, which is about 120km from the state capital.
Gonda SP Shailesh Pandey said that all the three were admitted to district hospital.
While the eldest girl sustained 30% burns mainly on her face and chest, the second suffered 20% and the youngest 7% burns on their hands.
Gonda police held the accused Ashish Kumar in an encounter near Hujurpur Road under Colonelganj police station. Pandey told TOI that Kumar was arrested after a statement by one of the girls.
According to her, a few days ago, her elder sister had had a verbal duel with Kumar, at which he had threatened her with dire consequences.
“On Tuesday, Kumar climbed up a ladder on the backside of the house to throw acid from the window,” Pandey said.
According to the girls’ father, around 2.30am on Tuesday, he heard loud screams from the first floor where his daughters were sleeping. He and his wife sleeping on the ground woke up and rushed upstairs.

Seeing the girls shrieking in pain, he rushed them to hospital and informed the police.
Pandey said that after preliminary inquiry, “An FIR under charges of acid attack has been registered at Paraspur.”
Paraspur SHO SK Singh said that the three sisters belonged to the Dhobi community and fall under the Scheduled Caste category. Their father is a member of local block development council and works as a washerman.
According to the father of the girls, the eldest one was due to be engaged to a youth in Lucknow on October 23.
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