Acid attack victim’s condition improves, protests held outside Police HQ

A day after acid was thrown on a 30-year-old lady doctor in west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden area, the two accused biker-borne assailants remained unidentified and are still at large. Delhi Police officials have formed 12 teams to nab the culprits who were spotted in the CCTV camera.

On Wednesday, around 150 acid attack survivors from across the country demonstrated outside Delhi Police Headquarters at ITO. Also, over 200 protesters marched towards Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s residence. Heavy police deployment was put in place and barricades were set up at both the places.

The acid attack survivors demanded immediate action against all the police officials who attacked them few days back as they had gathered to protest outside Parliament over “the lack of any safeguards and laws seeking their active rehabilitation.” 

The protest was also joined by volunteers from ‘Stop Acid Attacks’ who had also marched a protest on Tuesday evening at Rajouri Garden spot where the lady doctor fell prey to the acid attack. 

Alok Dikshit, the founder of the NGO said:  “With stringent laws and community training we can reduce these attacks to a great extent and also we want that the acid attack survivors should get justice.

Meanwhile, the Indian Youth Congress demanded a clarification on the severely deteriorating law and order condition in the capital.

On Wednesday, the 30-year-old victim was examined at AIIMS?at around 11.30 am. Amrit Kaur is a senior resident doctor with ESI Hospital in Basai Darapur. “She had chemical injury in the right eye and the right side of the face. The eye injury was classified as Grade IV which denotes the highest degree of severity,” said Dr Amit Gupta, AIIMS spokesperson.

She is being treated under Dr Tushar Agarwal, Additional Professor of Ophthalmology and Cornea expert at AIIMS. On Thursday, Amrit showed slight improvement in the condition of the eye. Her facial skin injuries are being treated by Dr Maneesh Singhal, Plastic Surgeon from AIIMS’s Department of Surgery.