Acid attacks in India: Woman who survived alleged gang rape hit with fifth acid attack
A WOMAN who survived an alleged gang rape and four separate acid attacks has once again been hit by the corrosive liquid.
Indian police said the 35-year-old mother, who was allegedly gang-raped in 2008 over a property dispute, was at a women’s hostel in Uttar Pradesh state capital Lucknow when a man scaled the walls and poured the chemical onto her.
“She was filling water at the hand pump when the attack took place. The attacker fled from the spot,” Vivek Tripathi, local police chief told AFP.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sustained burn injuries to her face and shoulder and is undergoing treatment at a hospital.