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Delhi girl faces acid attack for refusing marriage proposal
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Delhi Girl Faces Acid Attack For Refusing Marriage Proposal. In another atrocity against women, teenager and her friend were thrown acid in the Begumpur area of West Delhi. The accused was Manoj who threw acid on the girls Parvati (18) and her friend Gayatri (16) for turning down his marriage proposal while on their way to the market on Sunday evening. Manoj, who is already married, had allegedly proposed to Parvati but she had declined his proposal.
New Delhi: In another atrocity against women, teenager and her friend were thrown acid in the Begumpur area of West Delhi. The accused was Manoj who threw acid on the girls Parvati (18) and her friend Gayatri (16) for turning down his marriage proposal while on their way to the market on Sunday evening. Manoj, who is already married, had allegedly proposed to Parvati but she had declined his proposal.
police said. He managed to escape and is currently missing. "The accused has been identified and we will soon arrest him," Additional Commissioner of Police Sanjay Kumar said.
"He was troubling my daughter for a long time. We have registered an FIR. When he was beaten by police, he had said that he will stop harassing her. But when she went to the market in the evening, he threw acid on her," Parvati's mother said.
Parvati had received around 50 per cent burn injuries while Gyatri around 20 per cent burn injuries. The two girls were initially admitted to a nearby government hospital, but were later shifted to the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Hospital.
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