A 16-year-old boy was apprehended Sunday for allegedly throwing some acid-like substance at a girl, whom he chose as his victim at random near a school in north Delhi’s Burari area, police said.
The attack took place on Wednesday around 1 pm when she had gone to pick her 10-year-old cousin from a school in the area’s Shastri Park Extension. The incident was reported the same day, and an FIR was filed in the matter under section 326(b) and 341 of the Indian Penal Code at Burari Police Station. The chemical caused the girl a “burn-like sensation, itching, and irritation on her eyes, neck, and nose,” a senior police officer said. After the attack, the girl was taken to a government hospital in Burari. She was discharged after treatment, the officer said.
Police formed three different teams to identify the assailant and nab him.
However, since the victim didn’t know the attacker or had any previous brush with him made it hard for police to crack the case.
“The victim, however, had no reported history of personal animosity, spurned advances, or any romantic involvement with a boy, making the incident appear as a blind case.
“Unfortunately, there were no surveillance cameras at the site of the crime, which made the investigation not an easy task,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (nor