These acids are easily available. Wednesday, India Real Time purchased a liter of hydrochloric acid – branded “Power” – from a small general store in a south Delhi neighborhood selling other goods like potato chips and cookies. The clear bottle carries a picture of a lion, beneath which it says “for industrial use” and “caution.” It cost 20 rupees ($0.33). Hydrochloric acid can burn through flesh. U.K.-based Acid Survivors Trust International says about 1,500 acid attacks are reported worldwide every year. There are no official figures for India, but New Delhi-based group Stop Acid Attacks says around three cases are reported nationwide each week. Most of the victims are women and attacks are often carried out by family members or other known people. Sometimes they are deadly. “People are dying, but you are not worried about it. Think of people who are losing their lives every day. Girls are being attacked every day in different parts of the country,” the Supreme Court said Tuesday after hearing a plea by an acid attack survivor. “Seriousness is not seen on the part of government in handling the issue,” it said.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:25:22 +0000
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