Another case of shocking police brutality in Uttar Pradesh came up recently - a murder suspect dies and another is critical after being injected with petrol during interrogation. Shreya Dhoundial has covered Uttar Pradesh for many years now, here's her take on the credibility of the UP police.
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05:47 PM, May 20, 2013
Coimbatore: A lab assistant in a local private college today allegedly threw acid on two staff injuring them and two girl students, and later tried to commit suicide by consuming cyanide, police said. Police said Muthusamy (47) threw acid on Ravisankar and Laxmansamy this afternoon over some personal dispute. Some acid also fell on two girl students. Both the victims were admitted to different private hospitals while the two girls...
03:46 AM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: Two passengers, a girl and her relative had acid flung on to their faces by a man who had covered his face on Thursday on board a train between Delhi and Mumbai. The girl lost vision in her right eye and her face was disfigured. They were admitted to a hospital in Byculla in Mumbai. Two others were hurt in the process too. The accused is absconding and has...
10:34 AM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will wait for the Centre and the state governments to explore ways to regulate sale of acids for domestic use before it imposes a ban on the chemical, being increasingly used to attack women. Expressing displeasure that the matter has been pending for seven years, a bench headed by Justice RM Lodha said the apex court will consider banning sale of...
07:57 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: Muzaffarnagar acid attack victim Isha, whose left eye was severely damaged, has regained her vision after a successful surgery. The 23-year-old teacher was discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Friday and she wants to go back to her job as soon as possible. Isha and her three sisters, all teachers, were attacked by two motorcycle-borne men who threw acid on them on April 2, 2013 while they...
11:38 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Muzzafarnagar (Uttar Pradesh): The police have arrested Babar Akhtar, the brother-in-law of the Shamli acid attack victim, and his friend Javed Iqbal, in connection with the acid attack on four sisters in Uttar Pradesh. According to the police, the brother-in-law is the main accused. The police say the 23-year-old woman, who was attacked, had an illicit relation with her brother-in-law. When she threatened to make it public, he hatched a...
02:56 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Mathura: A 35-year-old widow is battling for life while her minor daughter is undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital after a youth threw acid on them on Thursday in Jarara village in Mathura following an argument over some issue. The woman and her 15-year-old daughter were taken to a hospital in Agra after the incident early on Thursday, from where they were referred to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, police said, adding...
02:48 AM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: A 23-year-old teacher may lose her eyesight partially after suffering an acid attack in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh a few days back. Doctors at Delhi's Gangaram Hospital, where the teacher has been brought for treatment, now say that the almost 50 per cent of the woman's vision is expected to be restored, as her cornea has suffered major damage in the acid attack. She has undergone one...
11:20 AM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: A 23-year-old teacher may lose her eyesight after an acid attack in Shamli in Uttar Pradesh. Doctors at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where the teacher has been brought for treatment, said that the maximum injury has been caused to her eyes as the acid was not washed properly and immediately. The woman's s left eye cornea has been severely damaged even as the doctors performed one surgery....
01:58 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Two motorcycle-borne men allegedly threw acid on four sisters in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh at around 5 pm on Tuesday evening. The men allegedly used a water gun for carrying out the acid attack. ...
08:40 AM, Apr 03, 2013
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday appointed the Hyderpora acid-attack victim to the state school education department, on compassionate grounds. Local MLA and ruling National Conference provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani and Tanvir Sadiq, political secretary to the Chief Minister on Wednesday visited the victim's house in Baghat Barzulla and handed over an appointment order for her engagement in the education department, official sources said adding that it was...
05:10 PM, Mar 27, 2013
An 18-year-old girl escaped with minor injuries after her boyfriend allegedly poured a chemical, suspected to be acid, on her after she refused his sexual advances. Though the incident took place at an isolated spot under Bheemunipatnam police station area on Saturday night, it came to light on Sunday morning after she lodged a police complaint. ...
12:27 AM, Mar 25, 2013
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02:37 PM, Mar 18, 2013
His 15 year old daughter's face has been completely disfigured and she has lost her left eye. She can barely stand on her feet since the brutal acid attack on her on September 26th last year. ...
02:26 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Four minor dalit sisters received serious burn injuries when an unidentified youth allegedly threw acid on them in the Raigarh district, police said on Sunday. A youth has been detained in connection with the incident. ...
07:30 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Russian police detained one of the Bolshoi Ballet's top dancers on Tuesday over an acid attack that nearly blinded the troupe's artistic director. ...
12:43 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Against the backdrop of acid attacks that claimed the lives of two young women, Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday said it will take steps to control and regulate sale of the chemical. "A Bill (in this regard) will be moved during the coming Budget session of the state Assembly and adopted," Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said in a statement here. ...
03:51 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a 'Victim Compensation Scheme' to provide financial assistance to victims or their dependents, who have suffered loss or injury due to crime like rape, acid attack and human trafficking. A notification for the scheme has already been issued and budgetary provisions for the same, earmarking funds separately for the purpose would be sought soon, IG, Law and Order, BP Singh said. ...
03:59 AM, Feb 15, 2013
Battling for life for almost three months after a gruesome acid attack that left her blind, a 23-year-old woman died at a private hospital in Chennai on Tuesday. ...
06:13 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Two girl students of a local school sustained burn injuries after an unidentified person allegedly threw acid over them, police said. The incident occurred when the girls were returning home from their school. ...
09:00 PM, Feb 11, 2013
