Woman injured in an acid attack

KANPUR: A woman was badly injured in an acid attack in the Ompurwa locality under the Chakeri police station limits on Wednesday.
According to reports, the police identified the victim as Farzana, wife of Najmi, who was rushed to the Ursala Horsman hospital, where the doctors stated her condition to be stable.
The police, however, claimed that the incident was a fallout of a dispute between the victim and son-in-law of her landlord identified as Mohd Arif.
Farzana, who was present in the house along with her children suffered serious burn injuries on her neck and forehead when the accused, Mohd Arif threw acid on her while she was busy doing household chores. Her husband had left to do his duty at a tannery unit located in the Jajmau area.
"The victim has identified the accused, who is on the run. She was taken to the hospital immediately," a police officer at Chakeri police station said. "Mohd Arif happens to be the son-in-law of Mohd Muzammil in whose house she was living as a tenant. The accused threw some chemical on the victim," he said.
"We have deployed special sleuths to catch him," he added.