Nasty scars fail to singe their determination Soniya, 30, now runs a salon out of home. At 19, she was attacked with acid on her way back from work. “I did not even know then what an acid attack was. I screamed thinking the guy on the motorbike had thrown boiling water at me. I passed out at hospital. When I regained consciousness a day later, I realised my life had changed.” Soniya was attacked by a guy in the neighbourhood who wanted to settle scores after having spent a few days in a jail. “I had bought a phone from him. A few days later, the police called me and asked from where I had bought the phone. They told me it was a stolen phone. I told the police the name of the person from whom I had bought it. Following this, he was in jail for a day or two,” says Soniya. Once out, the guy repeatedly threatened Soniya with “dire consequences” if she did not apologise in public. She refused. One and a half months later, she was attacked. While Soniya worked at a VLCC salon at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh before the attack, her father ran a kirana store. The family ran into debt while trying to meet medical expenses. deccanherald/content/454053/nasty-sc ars-fail-singe-their.html
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:52:06 +0000
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