A 24-year-old Andhra man died after his ex-girlfriend poured acid into his throat in Venigandla village.
The woman, Hima Bindu, allegedly poured acid into Sheikh Mohammad Illyas’s mouth on Tuesday night, as he got married to another woman.
According to DSP Ramanjaneyulu, Hima Bindhu and Illyas had been in a relationship.
On Sunday night, Hima Bindu had allegedly called Illyas and asked him to meet her at one of their mutual friends, Mullah Arjun’s house.
An argument ensued between the two when they met, and Hima Bindu allegedly pulled out a bottle of acid from her bag and poured it down Illyas’s throat, Bakshu added.
Police are trying to track down Mullah Arjun, who is also absconding, and Hima Bindu and a case of murder (Section 302 IPC) and acid attack (Section 326 A) have been filed.
While most acid attack victims are women, a large number of men too have been at the receiving end.
Anita D’Souza from the Acid Survivors Foundation India (ASFI), an NGO based out of Kolkata, West Bengal had said to The News Minute:
Dan Perrins authored a report titled Acid Attacks: Telling only half the story, in 2014, in which he says:
Though men too are victims of acid attacks in India, the number of women who face such violence are way more in number.
(This article was originally published in The News Minute.)
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