Karachi police have registered a case related to an acid attack on a woman in Karachi’s Upper Gizri area, ARY News reported on Friday.
The case has been registered at Clifton Police Station on acid-victim woman’s complaint.
According to the FIR, the incident took place in a street near the Munawar Filter Plant. The victim, identified as Mumtaz, told police that she was returning home after finishing work at around 1pm when an unidentified man approached her, threw acid at her and fled the scene.
The victim told police that she would be able to identify the attacker if she came face-to-face with him.
She sustained injuries to her face, arms and other parts of her body as a result of the acid attack. Police have launched an investigation and begun efforts to trace and arrest the unidentified suspect.
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Last month, a girl allegedly threw acid on a man and opened fire on him after he refused to marry her in Peshawar’s Chamkani area, police said.
According to the FIR registered at Chamkani Police Station, the 26-year-old victim, identified as Sadiqullah, was allegedly acquainted with the woman, identified as Atiqa.
Police said the woman allegedly threw acid at Sadiqullah after he refused her marriage proposal. She allegedly opened fire on him with the intention to kill him, injuring him on the left side of his chest.
The victim was shifted to a trauma centre for medical treatment. He reportedly suffered burn injuries to different parts of his body as a result of the acid attack.
